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Show A Country Like a Ship's Hold. Holland ns a wholo Is probably tho lowest country In tho world, tho greater great-er pnrt of It lying many feet bolow tho sea level. Tho annual oxpendlturo on dykeB to keop out tho water Is estimated esti-mated at $2,.)00,000. Tho constantly Imminent naturo of tho danger will bo thoroughly appreciated by tho stranger, says Baedeker, If ho stands nt tho foot of tho great dykes at high tldo and hears tho breakers dashing ngalnst tho other sldo of tho barrlor at n height of slxteon or elghtoon foot abovo his head. Tho forco ot the old Dutch provorb, "God mado tho Ben, wo mado tho shore," will also bo apparent. ap-parent. Tho prlnclpnl canals are six foot In dopth, and not only tho surfaco of tho water, but tho bod of the canal Is ofton considerably abovo tho lovel of tho surrounding country. |