and entertainment therein, and
amid the pleasures of the flowing
bowl of brandy or of port, Dutch
cheeses, ginger-bread, and North
Sea herring, and the solace of the |ifrins
long clay pipe, “the Dutchman’s|#ijiMj
ever-present rest and hope,” was
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the various aspects of their ven-
tures and professions, the advent
of the latest ship to arrive, and
the news of politics, war, and
rumors of war, then a constant
happening, from abroad.