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AARHUUS.
Chap. VI.
the beech retain their pristine beauty, the oaks are
gnarled, knotted, and twisted in convulsions.
The wild raspberry here abounds; stunted bushes
of the creeping juniper; a pretty graceful fern—the
beech, I believe it is called, of both sexes; and a
large-leaved oxalis about to burst into flower.
The site of the ancient castle is now one part used
as a cemetery, the remainder as a botanic garden, in
which has been erected a monument to the memory of
Frederic VI.
In the church of the town is preserved a Runic
stone, discovered near the village of Sønder Vissing,
bearing the following inscription:—“ Tuva caused this
barrow to be erected; she was daughter of Mistivi; she
made it to her mother, and was wife of Harald the
Good, son of Gorm.” Harald the Good—well! a new
definition for the Blue-Tooth—an interesting proof that
tombstones lied from the earliest days. As for Tuva,
I am sorry to say, Harald was a bigamist—had several
wives at the same time, if marriage was at all defined
in those early days. This Mistivi was a Wendish
prince who destroyed Hamburg about the year 986;
somebody, I forget who, called him “ a dog of a pagan,”
when he demanded his daughter in marriage, so he laid
waste the country even to Brandenburg with fire and
sword, setting up his idol—a three-headed walrus—on
the hill behind the city. I never can forgive people
for removing these stones from their original localities.
AARHUUS.
Two hours’ drive across a dreary waste, enlivened by
an occasional eruption of barrows, brought us to the
city gates of Aarhuus. The cupola of her cathedral
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