Hemstreet, Charles, b. 1866 · New York : C. Scribner · leaf 77
s one story high, some ot stone, some otbrick, some of wood ; all with steep, slantingroofs. This, then, is the village of NewAmsterdam, shut in to the north by a woodenwall, with its two gates about to be closedfor the night; gates that are as the eyes ofthe town, for the citizens go to sleep… … The Water Gate at the Foot of Wall Street. pear in the night. And beyond the wallthere is a stretch of rugged country, brushland, and forest. Some patches where thetrees have been cleared away show the begin- NEW AMSTERDAM nings of a bouwerie. There are solitaryhouses on high ground, and far away,…
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