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Chap. XXII.
ROSTGAARD.
327
violet clouds, and fell into the Kattegat—a long pillar of
fire, gilding the waters with (as Milton has it) “ heavenly
alchemy.” Drive to Odinshøi by all means, and make
a drawing of that pretty striped house near the
Hammermills, under the large oak-tree, with the overshot
wheel and the cart always ready prepared, in a most
picturesque attitude.
ROSTGAARD.
Thursday, 26th.—Well up in Rostgaard, we
determined to visit his manor ; so jumped into the steamer,
and in twenty minutes we landed at Humlebæk, which
derives it name from some old fabulous Danish king,
Humle (Hops), said to be buried under the adjoining
høi. The manor is now in the possession of Mr. Bruum,
and celebrated for its “ apiarium,” arranged on the
Austrian system—paternal—but despotic.
I do really from my heart pity the poor bees, who in
these times are compelled to make honey by rule, without
a voice on the subject—deprived of their annual
excursion with their queen in swarming-time; no escape to
the beech-tree or eaves of the nearest farmhouse,
hanging like a hedgehog from the branches, and seduced
home or caught in a hive to the dulcet sound of poker,
tongs, and shovel, sakbut and psaltery—a foolish waste
of time, like May-day, country fairs, and Christmas
mummings, put down and abolished. Now we save your
lives—don’t kill you with sulphur—so remove the
partition, and just please to swarm into the adjoining box
according to rule, and give no more trouble to anybody.
Here is a jolly little inn, with garden, looking on
the Sound, where you may breakfast, tea, and eat fresh
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