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Chap. IV.
SØNDERBORG.
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CHAPTER IV.
Island of Ais— Speech of Mogens Mormand — Dungeon of Sønderborg
— Imprisonment of Christian II. — Aabenraa — Haderslev —
Merry-go-rounds — Old palace — Metal fonts — Moravians at Christiansfeldt
— High-stepping horses — Kolding Castle the prison of Albert of
Sweden — Pearl-fishing of a Greenlander.
SØNDERBORG.
Leaving Flensborg at an early hour by the Diana
steamer, we reached the Isle of Ais or Alsen,
connected with the mainland by a bridge of boats, Rhine
fashion. As we approached the town of Sønderborg,
the grim old castle, now dismantled of all its towers
save one, stands out bold on the water side: it was a
strong fortress once, and the residence of the Slesvig
Dukes. A very small boat receives and then lands a
load of passengers, and we among the number scramble
out upon the quay, and walk up a long, ill-paved street,
till we arrive at the Stadt Hamburg, a hostel of small
pretensions, but clean and homely ; so we instal the
baggage in our rooms, drive off, and in an hour’s time again
descend at the Post-house Inn, which stands hard by
the palace of the exiled Duke of Augustenborg.* Few
strangers visit this remote spot; and we ourselves came
there in pilgrimage, from the interest we took in the
* The present duke is grandson of Caroline Matilda by his mother
Louisa Augusta, and brother to the Queen Dowager, her Majesty
Queen Caroline Amelia of Denmark, widow of King Christian VIII.
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