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See also:FRIESLAND, or VRIESLAND , a See also:province of See also:- HOLLAND
- HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
- HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
- HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
- HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
- HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
- HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
- HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
- HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART
Holland, bounded S.W., W. and N. by the Zuider Zee and the See also:North See also:Sea, E. by See also:Groningen and See also:Drente, and S.E. by See also:Overysel. It also includes the islands of Ameland and Schiermonnikoog (see FRISIAN ISLANDS). See also:Area, 1281 sq. m.; pop. (1900) 340,262. The See also:soil of Friesland falls naturally into three divisions consisting of sea-See also:clay in the north and north-See also:west, of See also:low-fen between the See also:south-west and north-See also:east, and of a comparatively small area of high-fen in the south-east. The clay and low-fen furnish a luxuriant meadow-See also:land for the See also:principal See also:industries of the province —cattle-rearing and See also:cheese- and See also:butter-making. See also:Horse-breeding has also been practised for centuries, and the breed of See also:black
See also:Middle Sea. The seaport towns are more or less decayed;
they include Stavoren (82o), Hindeloopen (1030), Workum
(3428), See also:Harlingen (q.v.) and Makkum (2456).
For See also:history see See also:FRISIANS.
End of Article: FRIESLAND, or VRIESLAND
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