Marken and its people : being some account written from time to time both during and after visits covering some considerable space of time ... . RKEN AND ITS PEOPLE brick-paved way in couples, all busily knittingcoarse stockings of blue or saffron wool, the ballsof which are often contained in small wovenwillow baskets hanging on the right arm. Toward the harbor one or two brown sailsalone are visible on weekdays, but on Sundaysthe harbor is quite filled with the fishing-boats. They are invariably of one mast, up-turned at the bow like a wooden shoe, and bor-dered with a strip of red or pale g
Marken and its people : being some account written from time to time both during and after visits covering some considerable space of time ... . RKEN AND ITS PEOPLE brick-paved way in couples, all busily knittingcoarse stockings of blue or saffron wool, the ballsof which are often contained in small wovenwillow baskets hanging on the right arm. Toward the harbor one or two brown sailsalone are visible on weekdays, but on Sundaysthe harbor is quite filled with the fishing-boats. They are invariably of one mast, up-turned at the bow like a wooden shoe, and bor-dered with a strip of red or pale green or saffronpaint at the gunle. Huge lee boards like wingsare at each side and on the brown sails of tendertonal quality so appealing to a painter, are thelarge letters M K and the registry number inwhite paint. From the masthead streams in-variably long thin horizontal red, white and bluewind flaps. I cannot see the men, but I knowthat they are there squatting in long rows, stol-idly smoking their treasured clay pipes, andspeculating upon to-morrows fortunes at thefishing grounds. And so passes peaceful Sunday in this |~AAY by day one saw standing on the dikelooking towards Monnickendam, an oldman so motionless as to excite curiosity. Acoarse felt hat the brim of which was held to thecrown by stitches protected a head entirely baldsave for a thin fringe of snow-white hair at thenape of the neck and over each ear. One couldguess from the way in which the cheeks sank in,continuing the furrows about the mouth, thatthis toothless old fellow was more given to thebottle than the platter. On his pointed chin arough stubble of white gave a sinister expres-sion to his profile. The deep-set greenish-grayeyes were too small for his large bony face, and ^53 154 MARKEN AND ITS PEOPLE sloping or slanting like those of a Chinese, be-trayed cunning as well as laziness. Theygleamed with a greeny blue light beneath thereddish lids. The clothing of this curious figureconsist
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