Show city of nip di V Amster dami the capital of the jhc netherlands is situated bedat at the confluence of the river arestel and the armda arm of the zuyder der zee called the Y pronounced eye it is a forest of lofty windmills in the form of towers steeples p pyramids m truncated cones and aerial erections waving their enormous arins anus and whirling above e the roofs like a cloud of monster birds beating their wings over the city it is computed that there are no fewer than 1200 in holland chiefly employed in pumping g and dining d ajro ining i n i n g many are of vast dimensions each sail sometimes exceeding go 60 feet in length |