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Chap. XXXVI.
HØGHOLT.
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CHAPTER XXXVI.
Old manor of Høgholt and its dairy-farm — Two sisters of Jerup —
Pontoppidan — Jutland’s most northern manor — Lighthouse of
Skagen — Storm of flying sand — Wrecks — Melons and sea-nettles
■—Sweet gale and bog moss — Frederikshavn — The Jutland Dido.
HØGHOLT.
June 3ßth.—We leave Aastrup to the left, gift of
Christian to Sir Niels Høg, his faithful follower; and
then, whilst the horses refresh at Hormested kro, walk
down to visit the ancient manor of Høgholt, at a quarter
of a mile’s distance. The names of our great people
of to-day are certainly not euphonious, though Banner
has a certain illustration to the world at large, for,
besides the hero of Svenstrup Heath, there is Banner,
governor of Kalø Castle at the period when Gustavus
Vasa was there confined, awaiting the arrival of his
ransom. Gustavus, as you know, escaped, and Banner
was compelled by angry Christian to pay the sum out
of his own pocket—more than half his fortune ; still he
remained faithful to his sovereign to the very last,
and played a prominent part in the reign of Frederic I.
as well as in that of Christian III. Then we have
the Dues, Dyres, Daas, and Globs (horrid name!),
Becks, Bagges, Basses, and many others equally ugly
and mean-sounding. We arrive at the lake before the
old manor-house of Høgholt, embosomed within a
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