ones there are often born, brought up and spend their days in boats.

The whole family of the boatman eat and sleep in the little cabin. The
children play about the deck. The Dutch women are very neat, and they keep
the cabin as nice asa parlor. The space is small on the boat, but the home is
just as it would be on the land. The growing plants and pussy eating her
milk seem to be odd sights on a boat.

Some of the vessels go out to sea. The family goes with them. The
fisherman often has his wife and children on board. . The mother
of the little. ones has to work like a man. She helps catch the fish and
land them. Sometimes mamma has to steer the boat. Sometimes she and
the boys have. to drag the boat with a rope while papa steers. In Holland dogs
have to work for their living. They are harnessed to small carts or wagons.
They draw the milk, butter and cheese, fruit and vegetables to market. The
farmer's wife usually goes with them and sells the load in the city. I have
seen carts and wagons drawn by from one to four dogs. Sometimes half a
dozen of the little ones take a ride for pleasure.

The children in Holland, as in America and England, are very fond of
flying kites. The country is flat and the winds are steady. The boys and girls
of the poorer classes wear wooden shoes. They are heavy and clumsy and
make a clumping noise when the wearer walks on the floor or pavement. Little
girls wear caps like grandmothers.