National Geographic Society
Muscles Strain. Rail Cars Bring Fill for a Sea-gouged Field
The authors and 38 campmates contributed to international good will by toiling on
flood-damaged Voorne Island. Expert dumpcart operators coasted the last few yards of
this half-mile run; those less skilled sometimes saw their top-heavy kipwagens jump
the track.
A Hollander in tradition's wooden shoes helps switch a car.
Salt water still drowns the land at left, but crops flourish on the other side of the
road-topped inner dike. Cyclists with "rumble-seat" passenger head for Oude Tonge.
A little girl (inset) solos valiantly on her brother's bike.
