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SJØRRING.
Chap. XL.
It is blocked up at the northern end by a succession of
sandbanks—bakkers; and where do you think all this
sand came from ? From England—so say the men of
Thy—for in ancient days there lived a wicked Queen
of England, who, offended at the conduct of some
Danish king, whom she loved in vain, from pure revenge
cut open the “ canal ”—she worked for seven years with
seven thousand men—which now separates France from
her dominions, let in the waters of the Atlantic,* which
came foaming, raging, rolling, bringing sand and
destruction, stopping up the harbour and ruining the most
fertile fields along the coast of West and North Jutland;
but her revenge bore its own punishment, for, when the
sluices opened, she approached too near, and was borne
away by the overwhelming force of the raging waters.
“ Never mind,” say they ; “ our turn will come in time ;
for a prophecy exists that the ‘ revolted Danish colony ’
of England will again be some day recovered by a
Danish king.”
There are many small islands scattered among the
waters of the Sjørring lake, where sea-fowl abounds
in endless variety.! Here, too, the sea eagle builds her
nest; you could scarcely distinguish her • eggs from
those of a barn-door fowl. The lake swarms with wild
fowl, and the surrounding country with partridges,
snipes, woodcocks, and game of all kinds.
Many years since, a pedlar passing near this lake was
attacked by two robbers. He beheld a Hock of wild
geese flying along above his head, and cried, “ If there
* The whole west coast of Jutland was inundated a.d. 1717, on
Christmas eve ; and 1720, on new-year eve.
f In addition to the common sorts, too numerous to mention, are the
Larus ridibundus, Sterna cantiaca, Anglica, &c.
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