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174 JACOB VAN RUISDAEL SECT. Canvas, 19^ inches by 25 J inches. Sale. Stamp Brooksbank, London, 1834 (.36 : 155.). 545. A Wooded Landscape with a Stream. The stream flows through the landscape ; in a boat are two anglers. On the river side is a woman with a basket on her head. Cloudy sky with gleams of sunlight. Canvas, 2i inches by 24^ inches. Sale. P. van Romondt, Rotterdam, May II, 1835, No. 23 (500 florins, Gruyter). 546. A WILD, HILLY AND WOODED LANDSCAPE. Sm. 283. On a winding road a man and a boy drive forward three cows, one of which enters a pool. A fine day, with sunlight on the trees. Canvas, about 40 inches by 50 inches. In the collection of the Duke of Buccleuch, Dalkeith Palace, near Edinburgh ; it was there in 1835 (Sm.). 547. A Wooded Landscape. Sm. 291. A young oak stands on the bank of a pool to the right. In the centre is another oak, with a clump of other trees. Near a chalky hill in the left middle distance, a man and a woman with a flock of sheep pass beside a clump of trees. Clear sky. Canvas, 26 inches by 21 inches. In the Sillems collection, Hamburg, 1835 (Sm.). 548. A Wooded Landscape with a Pool. Sm. 169. The pool is overgrown with weeds. On the right an old oak hangs over the water. On the left is a green bank towards which two ducks fly. Two boys are angling on the right. Clear sky. An "excellent picture" (Sm.). Canvas, 18 inches by 22 inches. In the Van der Pot collection, Rotterdam. In the collection of the Rev. Mr. Clowes, Manchester, 1835 (Sm.). 549. A Wooded Landscape with a Pool. Sm. 113. In the centre is a winding road, with faggots laid in a boggy part of it. Beyond are a man and a boy, followed by two dogs. Farther away are two other figures. To the left is a pool with flags and rushes. Canvas, 20^ inches by 25 inches. In the collection of P. J. F. Vrancken, Lokeren, 1835 (Sm.) ; it was sold at Antwerp, May 15, 1838. 550. THE GREAT OAK. Sm. 103, and Suppl. 54. Through a wood run two roads, divided in front by a clay bank on which stands a great oak, whose branches touch those of other trees beyond. On one road, leading from the front between clumps of trees to a distant wood is a cavalier with a gun on a grey horse, accompanied by a foot soldier in a helmet, with a pike on his shoulder and a bundle under his arm, and by a boy with a basket. They approach a stream which has flooded the road, beside which sits a man in a red jacket. On the road leading to the right are a shepherd and a woman with three sheep and a dog. In front to the