. Child life in the colonies : New Amsterdam. N NEW AMSTERDAM 13 duck, turkey or, perhaps, goose. There wereoften great lobsters, over a foot long, oysters,crabs, shad, or some other kind of fish. TheDutch behoved in always having their tableswell supplied with solid food. So Annetjes mother served with her meatsand fish a great many vegetables, cabbage andpotatoes, onions, carrots, turnips and beets. For dessert the children had pies of appleand pumpkin, ginger cakes, and honey cakes,crisp doughnuts, and, best of all, rich ^olykoeks glistening with sugar. There werefruits, too, in their seaso
. Child life in the colonies : New Amsterdam. N NEW AMSTERDAM 13 duck, turkey or, perhaps, goose. There wereoften great lobsters, over a foot long, oysters,crabs, shad, or some other kind of fish. TheDutch behoved in always having their tableswell supplied with solid food. So Annetjes mother served with her meatsand fish a great many vegetables, cabbage andpotatoes, onions, carrots, turnips and beets. For dessert the children had pies of appleand pumpkin, ginger cakes, and honey cakes,crisp doughnuts, and, best of all, rich ^olykoeks glistening with sugar. There werefruits, too, in their season, apples and cherries,j)lums and melons, and always plenty ofcheese, and milk, cream, or buttermilk. Dinner was scarcely ended ere it was time forschool again. The afternoon session was verymuch like that of the morning. It closed atfour oclock. Then away scampered Jacobusand Oloff, a\ ith a score of their chosen school-mates, to play marbles, or knucklebones,until tea-time. Knuckle bones was a favor-ite game with the New Amsterdam boys. It. Knuckie Bones CHILD LIFE IX NEW AMSTERDAM 15 was played with the knuckle bones of sheep,very much as you play jackstones, today. Annetje and her dear friends Tryntje, Anna,and Xeltje, hurried homewards, chatteringblithely all the way. At the back of Annetjeshouse was a sort of bower formed by a framework covered with vines. In this bower thelittle girls loved to play with their dolls, Ka-trina, Elsa, and Maryje. I wish you might haveseen those dolls with their round Dutch faces,staring eyes, and straight, stiff arms and legs. Annetje thought her Katrina very beautiful,and spent many hours knitting stockings andmaking skirts, and caps, and waistcoats for her. The children played happily until the faintsound of the cow-herds horn echoed in thedistance. The cows were coming back fromthe pastures, and the horn reminded Xeltjeand Tryntje that it was time they, too, werethinking of home. The dolls were tenderlyplaced in the bright calico pockets
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