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Show Women Fishermen Flemish Style. On the coasts of Holland, Belgium and northern France the flsherwomen are a familiar sight, with their great hand nets and quaint costumes. Many of the townB have distinctive costumes cos-tumes by which their women can bo recognized anywhere. Tho60 f Marla-Klrke, Marla-Klrke, near Ostcnd, wear trousers and loose blouses, while their heads and shoulders are covered by shawl3. They carry their nets into the sea and scoop up vast quantities of shrimps and prawns, with an occasional crab or lobster and many small fish. They often wade out till the water Is up to their necks, and they remain for hours at a timo In water above their knees, rarely returning until their baskets are full. j |