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New Zealand Herald, Volume I, Issue 280, 5 October 1864, Page 6

The Milk Cows axd Milkmaids of Holland.— jhe most really picturesque attraction of the scone is the herds of cattle. These are of a native breed peculiar to tlie country, and from the quantity and quality of tho milk, as well as from the laudable propensity of the beef to accumulate on those parte that arc worth a handsome price per pound, are greatly valued by the people. They are generally of a coal black hue, bul spotted and streaked with white in the most curious manner. The pride which tho Hollanders take ill their cattle is well deserved, and is very conspicuous in the care they take of them. The cows are kept in stable?, often as neat as most of our own kitchens, and far neater than some of them. The ma jority of the poorer classes in our own country are not accommodatcd with such good quarters. When they are taken to pasture their feet are covered with leather shoes, li»t the dampness of the soil should cause disease of that part; they are always carefully curried, and mushed, and washed, -while in summer they are covered with cotton elotlis, that they may not sutler from the attacks of theic little wing Zouaves that despoil us so often of our night's rest. In winter they are protected from the cold by blankets. On their way to the iielus they are attended by lnilkuiaidens of tho ruddiest complexions, who take good care that their tempers are not ruftlod, and show the most affectionate regard for their welfare. The Hollanders have not sutlcred the race of milkmaids to die ou; as we have, and one can hardly avoid insinuating a inelai.choly comparison between the present time and the old ; in this respect in our own country. How great the ditl'erence between those who, in tho days of our ancestors, used to carry about the richest of milk in neat little tubs oil their heads, and, after their day's labours were over, did nothing but dance with their sweethearts in concentric circles around liowci'-erowncd maypoles, and that gouty fellow who slinks round to one's backdoor in the morning before light, as if lie were ashaintd of himself, aiut leaves a wine quart of water and chalk, alter lirsfc carefully shaking it ill order to mix it.—Lc/itr in lioston lh-corder. A recent'story respecting the death, by a Federal sheli, of Miss Perkins, when about to be married at Charleston, is a fabrication. 'Hie Circassian emigrants are not allowed to congregate near Constantinople for fear of disease, but are all sent further south.