Boughton, George Henry, 1834-1905 · London, Macmillan · leaf 32
the journey at Dort, but they seem curiously amiable on Dutch railways — and we passed out of the station and faced toward the town. We did not respond to the pantomimic blandishments of the tram-car conductor, preferring to wander at our own sweet will, and get lost if possible. A very modern sort… … wax fruit and a couple of sickly Parian statuettes, a small garden with paths of black cinders, surrounded with wood palings painted a rich arsenic green, and outside the palings a little, pathetic moat, covered with duck-weed, running en- tirely round the small domain, and around and over all an…
Netherlands -- Description and travel
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