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Yet he was far too well seasoned in desperate adventure to give way to despair. Soon he rallied. He lowered his gaze from the heights to examine the cliff and the adjoining walls of the gorge. All were alike sheer and unscalable. The lines about his big mouth hardened with grim determination. He picked up the rope and began winding it about his mid-body above the low-buckled cartridge belt.
The game of cockal, 'Bikkelen, still played by Dutch village children on the blue doorsteps of old-fashioned houses, together with 'Kaatsen, was introduced into Holland by Nero Claudius Druses, and it is stated that he laid out the first 'Kaatsbaan. The Frisian peasant is very fond of this game; and also of 'Kolven, the older form of golf; and often on a Sunday morning after church he may be seen dressed in his velvet suit and low-buckled shoes, engaged in these outdoor sports.
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