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OUTHIER’S JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO THE NORTH. 333
the remainder of the day in looking about the town, canals, ports, and veflels of the
King.
On Sunday, the twenty-ninth, M. de la Noue again invited us to dine ; he invited as
well M. Herrebon, aftronomer of the King of Denmark. After dinner we went to
M. Herrebon, who made each of us a prefent of fome books of his compofing : he gave
us a collation in his garden : he had requefted the company of a clergyman, whofe drefs
appeared to me extraordinary ; he had on a long coat, with a ruff of very fine linen
round his neck, and wore a cap, terminated at top by a large round piece of felt, about
eighteen inches in diameter, placed horizontally ; this is the ufual drefs of profeflors of
divinity at Copenhagen. We afterwards went to fee the aftronomical tower, where
feveral of the inftruments of Tycho Brahe are preferved, and part of the original re-
gifters of his obfervations. We faw the library of the univerfity, over the vault of the
church, contiguous to the aftronomical tower. M. Le Clerc, fon of the famous Le Clerc,
defigner and engraver at Paris, invited us to fupper.
Monday, the twenty-ninth, we all went to the King’s library, to the ftables, and the
riding-fchool, where M. Le Grand, Equerry of the King of Denmark then was, and
caufed feveral horfes to be mounted; we faw hunters and riding horfes very well
trained. ‘Thence we were conducted toa royal caftle in the town, which contains great
wealth, a great quantity of gold plate, of a handfome fhape, and well wrought: we
were {hewn as well cabinets of medals, and natural hiftory, very complete; with many
paintings and ftatues of great value. The King of Denmark was ten or twelve leagues
from Copenhagen, which prevented our paying our court to him. We went to take
leave of M. de la Noue, and departed at eight o’clock in the evening.
After travelling four miles, we arrived on Tuefday, the thirtieth, at Rofkild, at one
o’clock in the morning, a middling city, the fee of a bifhop; four miles farther, at
Ringfted ; and again four miles more, at Slagen, a town much refembling Rofkild,
and near to which is a caftle, much likea monaftery. At length, at five in the evening,
we came to Korfer,a little town on the point of a tongue of land: in going out of the
town isa little caftle, with a garrifon. From Copenhagen to Korfer is fourteen Danith
aniles ; the country is level enough, and the roads good : there are fine forefts of beech,
feveral lakes and fields, fome uncultivated, others cultivated, but the foil bad. We gave
for each horfe fourteen fols; the poftilions are lazy, and fond of drink.
At fix o’clock at night we were on the fhore of the Great Belt ; we embarked in a
fmall veflel, on the deck of which, with its wheels on, our coach was placed. he
wind was S.; we kept near to it, in order to go W. S. W., and arrived by nine o’clock
on the other shore; we flept at an inn on the quay, the gates of the town of Niuborg
being fhut.
We left that place at feven in the morning of Wednefday, the thirty-firft ; we pafled
through Niuborg, where there is a garrifon, and after travelling four miles, arrived at
noon at Odenzee,a handfome and large town: we went fix miles farther to“Middelfaft,
a {mall town, which we reached at eleven o’clock at night; we immediately embarked
to crofs the Little Belt, ina large flat boat. “We were obliged to row againit the wind,
which was S. W.; at every ftroke of the oar (which was very long) we perceived a
luminous train of fparks on the furface of the agitated waters. The water of the Belts
being the fame as that-of the Baltic Sea, which is fearcely at all falt, it is prefumable
that it is not the agitation of the faline particles alone which caufes thefe {parks : after
having gained on the wind by dint of rowing, we hoilted fail and paffed over in an hour
anda half, landing at one in the morning. ;
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