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Chap. XL.
THYLAND.
155‘
CHAPTER XL.
County of Thy — Superstitions concerning tombs — Plague of sand —
Wicked Queen of England — Draining the Sjørring lake — The
pedlar and the geese — Anne Boleyn — The Liimfiorde—Story of
Liden Kirsten — Sale of a wreck — Old Abellona and her amber
beads — Loss of life off this coast.
THYLAND.
We now turn a point, and the little town of Thisted,
with its church and harbour, appears quite unexpectedly:
we are soon landed and lodged in Hotel Liimfiorde.
Thisted is in no way remarkable. It seems a most
creditable pleasant-looking town, lately built, with a
forest adjoining, planted by the inhabitants themselves
for their own recreation, connected with which is a nursery
of young trees, which are given gratis to the peasants
who desire to plant their farms; but the taste is not in
them, and it is only by inculcating the ideas in the
schools they can hope for improvement. With so much
waste land in Jutland, it is a pity not to employ it to
some good purpose, and the people might as well grow
their own timber as draw their supplies from Norway or
Sweden. We passed our evening at the house of Baron
Rosenkrantz, the amtman, where we again met a friend
of Rosenholm, who has lately purchased an estate in
the neighbourhood of the Sjørring lake.
The county of Thy is most rich in antiquities of
all sorts. They are formed of black basaltic granite,
which takes a high polish and appears to be fashioned
with greater sharpness than those of the other materials.
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