. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 2 ûliles. The sea then invaded Friesland, forming the Lauwer Zee, and only spared a shred of land—the island of Schiermonnikoog—to mark the former extent of the coast. In 1421 the fearful spring tide of St, Elizabeth burst through the embankments, and converted a fertile district near Dordrecht into a labyrinth of islands, now known as the Biesbosch (see Figs. 252 and 254). Even in the present century the sea has repeatedly invaded the land, not- withstanding the formidable barriers erected to exclude it. In 1825 it overflowed the southern portion of the pe
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 2 ûliles. The sea then invaded Friesland, forming the Lauwer Zee, and only spared a shred of land—the island of Schiermonnikoog—to mark the former extent of the coast. In 1421 the fearful spring tide of St, Elizabeth burst through the embankments, and converted a fertile district near Dordrecht into a labyrinth of islands, now known as the Biesbosch (see Figs. 252 and 254). Even in the present century the sea has repeatedly invaded the land, not- withstanding the formidable barriers erected to exclude it. In 1825 it overflowed the southern portion of the peninsula of Holland, overwhelming forty villages. When the land had been recovered the putrefying remains of human beings and animals spread a pestilence around them. Marken, an island ofl" that coast, may be likened to a vessel in a stormy sea, defended by a board hardly 3 feet in
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