Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 122
,has a will of its own. Woven into huge matsand securely pressed against the embankment,it defies even a rushing tide, eager to sweep overthe country. These dykes form almost the only perfectlydry land to be seen from the ocean-side. Theyare high and wide, with fine carriage-roads ontop, sometimes… … A DUTCH DYKE, AS SEEN FROM THE LAND SIDE. stretching damply along at their base, so thatcottage roofs sometimes are lower than the shin-ing line of the water. Frogs squatting on theshore can take quite a birds-eye view of thelandscape; and little fish wriggle their tails higherthan the tops of the…
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