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Chap. II.
GETTORF.
23
CHAPTER II.
The stuhlwagen — Mediaeval corona at Gettorf— The hero of
Eckern-florde — Altarpiece — Louisenlund — Legend of the murder of St.
• Erik — Runic stones—Portrait of Queen Caroline Matilda.
GETTORF.
Sept. 17 th.—We were up and at breakfast by six, for
to-day we are bound for Slesvig and North Jutland—
the stuhlwagen already arrived; and in case you should
be ignorant what that vehicle may be, let me inform you.
It is a long narrow basket cart, with seats placed across
in ranks, one after the other.
By seven we are en route, pass through Kiel town, up
Cow Hill to the right, join a dull and dusty highway
flanked by borders of mountain ash laden with their
scarlet berries. The road is excellent—straight as an
arrow—varied alone by occasional, I may say, frequent
payments of barriers,—payments frequent enough to
excite the wrath of Lord E–––and other roadside
reformers.
There is a marked improvement in the cattle—a
dun and cream coloured race now appears. I was at
first puzzled by what I supposed to be Druidical
remains, standing upright in the centre of the fields, but
found them to be stones placed for the beasts to rub
against. The Holstein farmer treats his cows as the
Scotch Duke did his clansmen; and I have no doubt,
in the inmost hearts of his quadrupeds, is blessed
accordingly.
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