of straw, with two broad rihands, not tied, but
pendent from the sides. This hat forms a striking
contrast with the short dress, of.which the milk-
maids sold in our shops is a faithful picture. Both
men and women wear at least two waistcoats,
with as many coats, and the former cover their
limbs with double trowsers.

The dress of the young girls is the most singu-
lar, especially at the time of any festival or hol-
iday. In speaking of these, an amusing writer
observes, that any one would have supposed that
the figures which appeared were masques, or de-
signed as caricatures. Imagine, says he, a short
figure, with more breadth than goes to the pro-
portion of elegance, and with very little altera-
tion in the width downward to the waist, the pet-
ticoats descending only half way below the knee.
Imagine further, a round small face covered with
a hat of three feet in diameter, perfectly circular,
and applied to the head in a part contiguous to
the circumference. Then conceive a number of
these figures in motion, brandishing their hori-
zontal hats, rolling their diminutive eyes, and
affecting a thousand ridiculous graces under cover
of this extensive canopy. The tout ensemble may
bring to the recollection those sculptural vagaries
in which human figure is made the prop of a ca-
thedral seat, the support of a wainscot pulpit, or
the stand of a mahogany table.

The Dutchman, living in continual danger of
inundation, and of losing not onlv the traits of
his industry but his life, becomes habitually pro-
vident. His foresight is admirable, his persever-
ance not to be conquered, and his labours, unless
seen, cannot be credited. They astonish the
more, when the phlegm of his temper and the
slowness of his habits are considered. View the
minuteness of his economy, the solicitude of his
precaution, and the inflexibility of his methodi-
cal prudence ! Who would not pronounce him in-
capable of great enterprise ? He builds himself a
dwelling; it is a hut in size, and it is a palace in
neatness. It is necessarily situated among damps
upon a flat, and perhaps behind the bank of a
sluggish canal; yet he writes upon it, “ My
Goenege, ” My delight; “ Landlust, ” Country
pleasures, “ Land fight, ” Country prospect, or
some other inscription, that might characterize the
vale of Tempe, or the garden of Eden. He cuts his
trees into fantastic forms, hangs his awnings
round with small bells, and decorates his Sunday
jacket with dozens of little buttons. Too provi-
dent to waste his sweets, he cunningly puts a
bit of sugar-candv in his month, and drinks his tea
as it melts; one morsel serves, let him drink as long
as he pleases. Around him is every token of care,
caution, and cleanliness; hut none in his domestic
uabits, of magnificence, or grandeur of design.
The Dutch are usually distinguished into five
classes; the peasants and farmers; seafaring
men ; merchants and tradesmen ; those who live
upon their estates, or the interest of their money ;
and military officers. The civet cat which is a
fit is obtained by their perfume. The civet of
Amsterdam is better than that of the Levant or
East Indies. Holland is said to have derived its
name from the vast and thick forests of wood with
which it was at one time covered ; Holtlant, in
German, signifying woodland. In the middle
ages it was governed by its counts or earls; in the
15th century it became subject to the house of
Burgundy; it passed afterwards to Austria; and
finally joined the other provinces that declared for
independence. On the invasion of Holland by
the French, in the beginning of 1795, the stadt-
holder with his family took refuge in England.
Holland was subsequently under various forms
of the French domination. At length the people
became weary of this connexion. The events of
1813 had weakened the power that bound them;
the people rose ; their fetters were broken; and a
provisional government was formed at Amster
dam on the 18th of November. William Frede-
rick, of Nassau and Orange, landed from Eng-
land at the close of the same month, entered
Amsterdam on the 2nd of December, and was pro-
claimed Sovereign Prince of the United Nether-
lands, which had formerly been subject to the
dukes of Burgundy, were re-united under the
prince of Orange, as William I., king of the
Netherlands, and these countries continued
under one government till 1830. For an ac-
count of the revolution of that year, See Nether-
lands.

Holland, a strong town of E. Prussia, seated
near the river Weeske, 14 m. S. S. E. ofElbing.

Holland, New, an island of the South Pacific
Ocean, and the largest known land that does not
bear the name of a continent. It extends from
109. to 153. E. long., and from 11. to 39. S. lat.,
or 2,730 m. from W. to E., and 1,960 from N. to S.
When this vast island was first discovered is un-
certain. The Portuguese and Spaniards appear
to have visited it in the sixteenth century, but it
was the Dutch who first made it known to Europe.
In the beginning of the seventeenth century they
traced the N. and W. coasts; and what was
deemed, till lately, the S. extremity, was discov-
ered by Tasman in 1642. Captain Cook, in 1770,
explored the E. and N. E. from 38, S., and ascer-
tained its separation fromNew Guinea; and in,
1773, captain Furneaux, by connecting Tasman’s
discoveries with Cook’s, completed the circuit.
But the supposed S. extremity, which Tasman
discovered by the name of Van Diemen Land,
was found, in 1798, to be an island, separated
from New Holland by a channel forty leagues
wide, named from the discoverer, Bass’s Strait
Different parts of the coast have been called by
the names of the discoverers, &c. The eastern
coast, called New South Waies, was taken pos-
session of in his majesty’s name by captain Cook,
and now forms a part of the British dominions
See Wales, New South.

Holland, a township of Orleans Co. Vt. Pop.
422. Also a ph. Hampden Co. Mass. Pop. 453.
Also a ph. Erie.Co. N. Y. Pop. 1,070.

Holley ph Genesee Co. N. Y.

Rollidaysburg, p.v. Huntingdon Co. Pa.

Hollis, ph. Hillsborough Co. N. H. Pop. 7,501.

Holliston, ph. Middlesex Co. Mass. Pop. 1,304.

Hollodale, a river of Scotland, in the county of
Sutherland, which rises in the mountains on the
borders of Caithness and flows N. into a bay of
the North Sea., forming, for several miles, in the
latter part of its course, the boundary between
the two counties.