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Chap. XLII.
LEMVIG.
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CHAPTER XLII.
Battle of the Giants — Patriotism of a peasant — Sequel to the story of
Hamlet — Protection against flying sand — Magnus Munk and the
still — Gipsies the outcasts of society — The dragon and the wizard
—Appearance of the Black Pest — Depopulation of the Ale Mose.
LEMVIG.
July —Ready to start this morning, when a
message came from the mairie, begging us to wait an
hour and our friends of yesterday would accompany us
as far as a chamber called King Rosmer’s Hoi. We
assented, and started, a large party, on our way to
Nees-sund, to meet the steamboat. We pass by the solid
church of Heltborg (giant’s castle), which stands directly
opposite to that of Karby (once Karl-by), in the island
of Mors.
In days long since gone by was fought a terrible battle
between the heroes of Thy and the Karls of Mors. They
pelted each other across the water with huge masses of
granite, which there lay in heaps, until the introduction
of Christianity into the North. The stones were then
turned to a good account, and the churches of the
above-named villages built with the materials. On the few
which remain the peasants still discern giant
fingermarks.
We stopped at King Rosmer’s Høi, a chamber similar
to that we have already visited near Frederikssund,—not
quite so lofty, but the size of the stones is marvellous,
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