Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 296
of the Zuyder Zee 259 midnight, after which the men and women go down to-gether to the port, and the men return on board theirboats. When the boats leave the port the women gohome, and will not see their husbands again for therest of the week. For a long time the lights are visibleafter the boats… … Marken. people, for no trade or industry of any kind is carriedon in the island. Furniture, clothing, beer, and evenbread, are obtained from the opposite shores. We can generally see the opposite coast from theisland, except in the case of fogs. It seems close tous, but although the passage is…
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