The Last Travels of Ida Pfeiffer: Inclusive of a Visit to Madagascar : with an Autobiographical Memoir of the Author |
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... Holland . - Amsterdam . - Dutch Architecture . - Picture Galler- ies.-Mr. Costa's Diamond - cutting Works . - The Haarlem Lake . — A Dutch Cattle - stable . - Utrecht . - The Students ' Festival .................. 51 CHAPTER III ...
... Holland . - Amsterdam . - Dutch Architecture . - Picture Galler- ies.-Mr. Costa's Diamond - cutting Works . - The Haarlem Lake . — A Dutch Cattle - stable . - Utrecht . - The Students ' Festival .................. 51 CHAPTER III ...
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... family . But in Hamburg also there was no long tarrying for me . wanted to husband my time for Holland , a country with which I was unacquainted , and accordingly , on the 14th of C June , I embarked on board the steamer " Stoomward.
... family . But in Hamburg also there was no long tarrying for me . wanted to husband my time for Holland , a country with which I was unacquainted , and accordingly , on the 14th of C June , I embarked on board the steamer " Stoomward.
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... greater appreciation for my dollars than for my journey . ings , and always made me pay my passage , alike for long and short distances . ARRIVAL IN HOLLAND . - AMSTERDAM . 51 CHAPTER II 50 IDA PFEIFFER'S LAST TRAVELS .
... greater appreciation for my dollars than for my journey . ings , and always made me pay my passage , alike for long and short distances . ARRIVAL IN HOLLAND . - AMSTERDAM . 51 CHAPTER II 50 IDA PFEIFFER'S LAST TRAVELS .
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... HOLLAND . - AMSTERDAM . 51 CHAPTER II . Arrival in Holland . - Amsterdam . - Dutch Architecture . - Picture Galler- ies.-Mr. Costa's Diamond - cutting Works . - The Haarlem Lake . — A Dutch Cattle - stable . - Utrecht . - The Students ...
... HOLLAND . - AMSTERDAM . 51 CHAPTER II . Arrival in Holland . - Amsterdam . - Dutch Architecture . - Picture Galler- ies.-Mr. Costa's Diamond - cutting Works . - The Haarlem Lake . — A Dutch Cattle - stable . - Utrecht . - The Students ...
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... Holland manufactures 16,000,000 kilos , and the entire produce amounts to 80,000,000 . Very near Amsterdam lies the famous Haarlem Lake , the draining of which may be certainly reckoned among the most gigantic undertakings of the ...
... Holland manufactures 16,000,000 kilos , and the entire produce amounts to 80,000,000 . Very near Amsterdam lies the famous Haarlem Lake , the draining of which may be certainly reckoned among the most gigantic undertakings of the ...
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Page 146 - Some let these tails hang all about their heads, while others unite them into bands or bunches, so as to cover the whole head. This kind of head-dress takes a good deal of time in preparing, particularly in the cases of the richer Malagaseys, who have their hair plaited into an infinite number of these little tails. On the head of one of these native beauties I counted above sixty plaits. The good lady's slaves must have had a good day's work in bringing them to the right pitch of perfection. On...