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Chap. VI.
LEEG AARDSLYST.
81
own collection of the Proverbs of Solomon, and of Jesus
the son of Sirach, it is plain it was his wish the young
man should be brought up in fear of the rod.
We slept at the small inn, and after breakfast sallied
out early to visit Leegaardslyst, a farm-house on the
summit of a hill behind the town—the town one
straggling row of houses. The landlord commenced some
long-winded directions, so I begged for a guide. We
were told to walk on slowly by the road, and the guide
would come 11 strax ”—which signifies “ at once.” After
wandering three-quarters of an hour, we were standing
disconsolate in the centre of a morass, when we were at
length joined by a dilapidated cobbler, who had thought
necessary to shave and dress himself previous to
escorting our party.
He led us by a circuitous route over a waste, bright
with the golden flowers of the everlasting, to tae
entrance of a farm-yard, and thence to the summit of
what the guide-book calls an “ interesting relic of
Scandinavian antiquity,” or, in plain English, a barrow
turned inside out, from which we enjoyed a charming
view of Skanderborg and the lake, its windings, its
islands, pine-forest, and purple water. We then crossed
to the other side of the hill, from whence we had a
glorious view of the Mos-Sø—a fine expanse of water,
backed by the Himmelbjerg, the highest mountain in
Jutland, 550 feet in height, well wooded, somewhat
obtuse in form. The lake, our very communicative
guide informed us, is full of all sorts of good and great
fish, and he enumerated at least ten different sorts on
his fingers—all Hebrew to my ear. We returned by
the opposite side, through the woods, which present
evident signs of our approaching northwards, for, though
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