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Chap. XL.
ANCIENT MANORS.
161
of Thy has, of old, been the scene of many a bloody
conflict, as well as long one of the richest and most
thickly-populated parts of the kingdom. Of the numerous
ancient manors—Duel, Væstermark, Alstrup, Skovsted,
and Rotbøl—mentioned in King Valdemar II.’s
Jorde-bog—a sort of Danish Domesday—he measured out the
land under his own inspection, settled the boundaries
himself, leaving nothing to his underlings—a practical
man was Valdemar the Victorious—all have long since
passed away; many are now covered by some twenty
feet of sand. Most of the villages in these parts bear
names having allusion to the chace, showiug that the
country was at some period covered with extensive forests,
as letters preserved in the archives from the various
sovereigns who hunted there still attest. The village
near the høi on which we are now standing—a splendid
giant’s chamber—destroyed some thirty years since,
is named Hundborg, Hound Castle ; another adjoining,
Wjlfen something.
No antiquities have as yet been disinterred during
the excavation of the canal; but this draining of the
lake is looked forward to by antiquaries as that of a
Jutland Tiber, and marvels are expected as the results
of the undertaking. The ilex would grow on the
sand-dunes. It stands the climate here in Denmark, and
rather enjoys a sandy soil. You may wade knee-deep
among forests of this tree on the most exposed coasts
of La Vendée and in the islands off the coast of Brittany.
No tree resists the wind more effectually, as we ourselves
know in England. The tamarisk too might be employed
with advantage for the binding of the sand-heaps.
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