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Updated: May 12, 2025
The demand for tulips of a rare species increased so much in the year 1636, that regular marts for their sale were established on the Stock Exchange of Amsterdam, in Rotterdam, Harlaem, Leyden, Alkmar, Hoorn, and other towns. Symptoms of gambling now became, for the first time, apparent.
Over each stall is a hook, by which the cow's tail is fastened up, so as to keep her neat and clean. The students continued on their way from Breck to Alkmar, which sustained a siege, and successfully resisted the Spaniards, and thence to The Helder, a town of twelve thousand inhabitants, opposite the Texel.
Occasionally, however, she would come into the bar also, on some errand or another, or to make sure that nothing was wanted; and the fame of handsome Elizabeth of "The Star" contributed not a little to bring custom to the house. Such Norwegians as came to Amsterdam with timber the majority unloaded their cargoes up at Pürmurende or Alkmar invariably patronised "The Star."
The bells were ringing out from Alkmar as they passed ringing a sweet old chime of other days; and as they stood together by the ship's side, silently listening to the changing tones from the tower as they mingled in the air above them, they pleased themselves with the thought that it was their wedding chime.
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