. Chambers's miscellany of useful and entertaining tracts. WILLIAM or ORANGE AND THE ^MA ^ ^^ easterly direction from Eng-land, and separated^ tw from it by the German Ocean, lies that part of theUJ continent called by the g-eneral name of the Nether-4\ lands—a country of comparatively small extent, but ex-^^ ceedingly populous, and possessing; a larg-e number of townsand cities. It derives the name of Netherlands from itsconsisting of a low tract of level ground on the shore of the? German Ocean, and, from general appearances, is believed tohave been formed of an alluvial deposi
. Chambers's miscellany of useful and entertaining tracts. WILLIAM or ORANGE AND THE ^MA ^ ^^ easterly direction from Eng-land, and separated^ tw from it by the German Ocean, lies that part of theUJ continent called by the g-eneral name of the Nether-4\ lands—a country of comparatively small extent, but ex-^^ ceedingly populous, and possessing; a larg-e number of townsand cities. It derives the name of Netherlands from itsconsisting of a low tract of level ground on the shore of the? German Ocean, and, from general appearances, is believed tohave been formed of an alluvial deposit from the waters of theRhine, the Meuse, the Scheldt, and other rivers. In the firststage of its formation, the land was for the greater part a speciesof swamp, but by dint of great perseverance, it has in the courseof ages been drained and embanked, so as to exclude the ocean,and prevent the rivers and canals from overflowing their boun-daries. The industriously-disposed people, a branch of the great Ger-man or Teutonic family, who have thus rendered their countryhabitable and productive,
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