ROTTERDAM. 2 3 contrary to 'the usual custom to look out of the window, but even to open it. To atone for this imprisonment, the women, who always live in the upper story, have adopted the Belgian or Swiss spy mirror / by means of which they can, while seated within the room, notice all that passes… … Fig. 1 6. — The Delft Gate, Rotterdain. The use of outer blinds is a rare exception ; they are replaced by inner shutters or double windows. When they wish to prevent passers-by or neighbours seeing what takes place within, they put before the windows, on the inside, small fine wire-work screens,…
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