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116 SÆBY. [Chap. XXXVI.
No harm done! We order dinner at the inn, and
adjourn to bathe. What a luxury, after a three hours’
dusty drive, a plunge in a sea sparkling like this!
To gain it we again pass the bridge ; lots of small trout
playing in the river: a pure briny sea, and fresh
running river water.
We have a peep on our way at Sæbygaard, an old
country residence of the Bishops of Børglum. Not far
from where we now are stands the manor of Lingsholm,
some centuries since the cause of disputes between a
widow lady—a Jutland Dido—and her nearest relation.
The suit had lasted long, and was still undecided, so
the widow proposed a compromise. She consents to
waive her claim to the disputed lands on condition she
may be allowed to sow this one year’s crop, and reap
it when it came to full maturity. Her antagonist,
delighted at this easy ending, gives his full consent; the
deed is signed and sealed, and our fair one commences
her sowing. What does she sow? Wheat? no! Barley?
no ! Rape ? no ! You’ll never guess! She sows a forest
of beech-masts. Her right to cut them when they come
to full maturity. This forest was standing not many
years since.
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