. What pictures to see in America. n old water mill. As we approachon foot we can hear the water pour off thewheel, then the swish of the current in thepool and close at hand the drip, drip, drip ofthe water falling from bucket to bucket. Verycrude is this overshot wheel and evidently care-fully tended, that no water be wasted as itcomes from the race above. It is not oftenthat a Dutch painter has given us so intimatea picture of the simple industries of and over we see the more pretentiouswindmill as it dominates the low country. Thewater mill, found in the out-of-the-way cor-ner
. What pictures to see in America. n old water mill. As we approachon foot we can hear the water pour off thewheel, then the swish of the current in thepool and close at hand the drip, drip, drip ofthe water falling from bucket to bucket. Verycrude is this overshot wheel and evidently care-fully tended, that no water be wasted as itcomes from the race above. It is not oftenthat a Dutch painter has given us so intimatea picture of the simple industries of and over we see the more pretentiouswindmill as it dominates the low country. Thewater mill, found in the out-of-the-way cor-ners as we see it here, needs a slight elevationfor its simple and economical work. The lonesheep browsing at will is probably a pet lambthat is allowed its freedom; and what a placeto browse! Can you not smell the mint grow-ing along the waste water course? And theferns, how rank they are! though the air israw and the trees stand stark and shivering. Anton Mauves home was only a short dis-tance south of the Zuyder Zee, in the little. 4^I- > .- O o ^ f
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