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Show Holland's Famous Bird. The stork is treated with great and singular respect in the Netherlands. These strange birds may be seen here and tttere, almost everywhere In the south, but I do not remember seeing see-ing any in the north. The house selected se-lected by the stork for a nesting place is considered fortunate, and very special spe-cial facilities are provided by the householders to enable it to build a nest comfortably. At The Hague many of these birds are maintained at public expense. The first that I saw was from a window of the railway train as wo were crossing the "Hol-landsdiep," "Hol-landsdiep," when a chimney-top came into view on which were two of the long-legged creatures, preening themselves, them-selves, their nest, an unsightly bundle bun-dle of sticks and straws, littering the housetop. The Chautauquan. |