" Ad*" Au%- ' The agrieuhnre -of fijch 'próVih"eés‘ carinöt bè exfredtecF to Be conndei-
tujuj.‘ able, the landiBeing moftly Wider pafturage,. except a .few .crops- ó f
madder, and tobaeeoj which are cultivated with» ^re|bpr.edileaion.'r/ lm
^ the province ó f Gelderland, and the barony of Breda, there were wafte
• grounds of fome extent, over-run with broom and hpath, the foil generally
a black fand, which feem to havo been neglc&ed as approaching,
to the frontier. The pafturages in the NTdf Holland efpecially thole of
Besnfter, and in Frifland, fupplied’ filch'quantities of ‘excellent butter,,
as to become a ftaple article o f .commêncè,- • iTbe-cows deem tb have
been originally from Holftein, and the titètóft- attSeéÜÉfêpitfas &|§R to-’
warmth and- cleanlinefs, fo that-even in furhmer the' animals appeared'
... ^ïn fhé toeadöws. «bathed .with ludicrous care.1 It was.pfobajjly known
from experience that the climate was too moift for wheitj- and too held,
for rice ; and pafturage being! .preferred to inferior ofcbps, the fmall portion
o f fertile land was divided intb:pa>ftaïaget ahdf ^a^e.n$4
R iy e r t . • Therchief rivers of the Unheéiteóythbes ®re;the /Ipulfe;; ahd^ifik-'
Meufe; the latter here'receiving a t its eftuary the Aa, §ètn«l with thé
Domei from the S.; and from die N. that great outlet of the Rhine called
thejVaaH and near 40 Britifh flules^fe#ther't6 the W .the fecobdfé^hd'
Outlet of the Rhine,- called -the Leek, joins;the Meufe, fafifbp|whicll but
a fmall flream paffes by Leyden to the -German ocean. The principal
river-falling into the Zuyder Zeds the Mel, whiëb rifes not far to the
, S. W . o f Münfter, and after , receiving the canal of Drufus near
Duilberg becomes a confiderable flream. On the N. of this, is the:
limall eftuary of Wecht, which rifes tb the-N.'of Tid'unfter. The ' rivers'
of Frifland and Groningen -are So diminutive tBat: they are moftly loft-'
in the numerous canals before they join the Tea.
Lakes. The lakes are of fmall extent, if we ex’eept whatisxalled the fea o f
v Haarlem, on the N. of which is the Y, a broad piece of water
faffing by Amfterdam, rather wearing the' fembfanceJ of a creek' of
the fea, than of a river: and even the Meer of Haarlbrii can hardly
be regarded as a lake of'frelh water.' There are other fmall lakes in
the N. of Holland; and in. Frifland" and Groningen; not' to mention
fome amidft the marffies of Over Yflel.,
1 Marfhall, i, 264. ■ * Ibid. 1, -37/
O f
HP^ even p i « « ,
- the few-hills-towards the., B.'-may. more properly be denominated little 8,T*®B*
elevated tracts-©r land* .
déftituté of Botany.
wobdilfeds, b f *te4offntainê, -'and1 oftï^heftbrié drftri‘£ts, it will eMily be
péitebl-ved nn what fe-ffeös'%s floha' te^lnferiof-tó that bf Britain:- vfcte ~v
ffiould/fèarch in vain among the fwampsj the level -rheljdbws, or the
Éhdy ffieatM>6f Hofland fef ’ tfte rniiiiéfeüS-fpeëies of'ofehidese, and of
paf iliönacéous plants that inhabit th'b-'%eechkW0c«fe bTSuffex, and Ként, -
er-tbe Open élMk downs bfttbe fdutfeerivaiM tniftlh-ndtcb^hties, and though i
- the raay furfiifh'a f e # W&öitr
Siöuh^aiiió'us^flatótè,,-(-fp4h sisGlS# hr®, Afi^d? jVaiteSjMtm vltis
id a s a ; y b t ' t i t o f e - t h a f : d ^ e ib - É y » : t h é < - ' ï a f t i f l g - . t ^ f e d ^ ^ o f tW a t h s - a n d :
Sbotiahd; that ftk- thétMel^efr tö-thfe rocky feot'fetti•■•of blit1p'efltktid lakes- ,
0r*flb«r4& iöi^héjöteudyfólitudbof ^owdfen4-:©£t.Sfeidda%v, Or of Bed--
|#éyi§'^te; whbltydwandsg^'i» tl& li# df dbrdigenc)«ts-®ata'viaa#e^tahl^,.
The offiy.plants areant feund- in - thé -
Biffifh-iitei-ttdsiare: Ifeafdia.'pal'affiris,' trap&!qmtaas>'.b6dlk 'prafafti4s} .«^ig- -
lnérïai' fpifalis, all 'aquatic plants, and natives . of the Rhine,, a-nd -èthéf
v?a|ors in the province of H olland;, and Veronica, per egrfea, globularia1
yttlgaris,.campanula perfieifolia, ornithogalum;minimum,- and/,Oenothera
biennis,, eveningprimrofe,, growing on-the'frontiers of Brabant-
and Weftphalia. _
|n the'zoology of the United Provinces there is .nothing peculiar, or- Zóology*«
worthy of remark;- the horfes are ehiefly from-England and -Flanders' .
the--oxen front Holftein. Hie ftork is here frequent, though unknown
in England. The fhores abound with excellent fiffi; particularly/
turbot and foals ; but the herrings, a favourite food, are derived fronv
the northern ocean, and are chiefly brought to-Flardingen,. or Vlaerdin-_
gén, a port on the bf Rotterdam, fl>noted • in ancient times that-
the- earls o f Holland are fir ft mentioned by. the ftyle o f earls of Flar--
dihgen.
Minerals are unknown, if we except the flight inc-ifions for; peat; Mmerafogy.-
and the land being moftly alluvial, it is fcarcely poffible that any
metals, or even coal,'fliould be found. In digging, a-well near Amfter-
4 ’ ' v " dam