Jogging round the world : $b Riders and drivers, with curious steeds or vehicles, in strange lands and at homeDunham, Edith
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Jogging round the world : $b Riders and drivers, with curious steeds or vehicles, in strange lands and at home
Dunham, Edith
Transportation -- Juvenile literature; Voyages and travels -- Juvenile literature
Raisins and wine also come from Malaga in large quantities. They are
both made from grapes--raisins by drying the grapes in the sun, and
wine from the juice of grapes; so you see how many must be picked every
year. Figs and almonds grow in Malaga, and olives. All these things,
you know, grow only where it is very warm and sunny. If we went to
Spain we should see many olive trees. They look something like plum
trees, but are knotty and gnarled and the leaves are a darker green.
When the olives are ripe they are a dark glossy purple.
[Illustration: _Return from the Grape-picking, Malaga, Spain_
_From Stereograph, copyright by Underwood & Underwood, New York_]
DRIVING A DOG-TEAM IN HOLLAND
See these good old dogs harnessed like horses, drawing the
strange-looking cart! Do you think your dog would run quietly along the
street if you harnessed him this way? I do not believe he would, but
these dogs are used to being driven, so they do not mind it at all; in
fact they expect to draw a cart, as the dogs in Holland often do.
To-day is market-day, and the Dutch peasant woman is just coming from
town where she has sold all her vegetables and flowers. See the garden
just beyond the fence in the picture. What do you think these flowers
are? A great many tulips, hyacinths and crocuses are grown in Holland.
It is a great gardening country; every bit of ground is cultivated, and
the kingdom is like one big garden crossed by many canals like silver
threads.
There is a high tower in Utrecht, one of the cities, from which one can
see almost the whole country spread out like a map, and it is such a
pretty view. The meadows are bright green, and along the canals willow
trees, elms and poplars are seen. Dotted here and there are pretty
little villages with houses painted in bright colours, and everywhere
are windmills with huge sails. They are used to grind corn and to pump
the water from the canals, and in addition to being so useful are very
picturesque.
The people of Holland are very neat; every day their houses,
sidewalks, and streets are cleaned, and everything put in its best
condition.
[Illustration: _Dignity of a Dutch Matron with her Dog Team. Outskirts
of Eukhuysen, Holland_
_From Stereograph, copyright by Underwood & Underwood, New York_]
CARRIAGE OF THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY, SWEDEN
This quaint little carriage was owned by a rich man in Sweden, three or
four hundred years ago. Do you see what a peculiar harness the horse
has on? That queer arrangement on his back I should think would be very
uncomfortable, shouldn’t you? The man’s clothing, too, looks strange.
Do you see his big funny-looking hat? If we should take a drive in
this old, old carriage, what kind of country do you think we should go
through?
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