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THE ZUYDER POLDER.
483
Fig. 195.—The Zuyder Polder.
roads and railways crossing the canals in an oblique direction as they
emerge from the cities.
The Dutch are so much accustomed to recover land by means of canalization, that they often go to work in the same way in cases where the
ground might have been brought under cultivation by other processes;
and even in the tropical climate of Java, they have transformed the environs of their cities into small editions of Holland. On the east of the
Low Countries, the inhabitants of Friesland, Ditmarsh, and Schleswig
have had to come in conflict with the same difficulties, and, like the Dutch,
have been able to triumph over them, and to convert into polders vast
tracts of inundated ground. On the east coast of England, the shores of
Suffolk and of Norfolk, the estuaries of the Wash and the Humber are
bordered by fens of very great fertility; and the encroachments of agri-
| Title | The ocean, atmosphere, and life |
| Creator | Reclus, Elisée |
| Publisher | Harper |
| Place of Publication | New York |
| Date | 1873 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000532 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript | THE ZUYDER POLDER. 483 Fig. 195.—The Zuyder Polder. roads and railways crossing the canals in an oblique direction as they emerge from the cities. The Dutch are so much accustomed to recover land by means of canalization, that they often go to work in the same way in cases where the ground might have been brought under cultivation by other processes; and even in the tropical climate of Java, they have transformed the environs of their cities into small editions of Holland. On the east of the Low Countries, the inhabitants of Friesland, Ditmarsh, and Schleswig have had to come in conflict with the same difficulties, and, like the Dutch, have been able to triumph over them, and to convert into polders vast tracts of inundated ground. On the east coast of England, the shores of Suffolk and of Norfolk, the estuaries of the Wash and the Humber are bordered by fens of very great fertility; and the encroachments of agri- |
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