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26
SILKEBORG.
Chap. XXX.
CHAPTER XXX.
Silkeborg — Cap of Bishop Peter — The Jutland lakes—The
treasureseeker— Himmelbjerg, Queen of the Jutland mountains—The
fiery beacon — Lovers of Laven Castle — The paper manufactory.
SILKEBORG.
We found the “ Dania ” in a terrible state of bustle,
no chance of rooms before evening ; after a long delay
we got our dinners served, and it was a wonder we did,
such a crowd as there was below—farmers by the gross
buying, selling, and chaffering. Towards sunset the fair
took itself off, and we were left in peace and quietness.
Ilans Andersen had described to us what we were to
see, and lent us the translation of his charming little
book, ‘ To Be or not to Be,’ which told us the tales
and legends of the neighbourhood, for, to the English
traveller, Silkeborg is still a terra incognita; the
very maps of our country, as well as the Handbook,
ignore its existence. When on our arrival at
Copenhagen last autumn we spoke of our tour in Jutland,
the first question invariably was, “How did you like
Silkeborg? Not seen Silkeborg? Is it possible?”
until we felt quite cross, and began to look upon it as a
sort of Jutland “Mrs. Harris,” expressly invented for
our botheration. Then we began to inquire what and
where Silkeborg really was, and soon learned how some
ten years since it was nought but a beautiful and dreary
waste, the resort of gipsies, uninhabited and uncul-
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