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Chap. XLIV.
EMBARK FOR FANØ.
217
village of Edgvad by Tarm-kjær, in one of which
stumbled the horse of King John. He broke his leg,
and was carried in a litter to Holstrebro; from thence
he was removed to Aalborg, where he died. A very
dull road on to Varde, a small town of no
consequence. Yet it had once its own event, for here in
1534 was captured by surprise Skipper Hermann, boon
companion to Skipper Clemens, by John Rantzau, and
the revolution extinguished in the southern part of
Jutland more successfully than it was in the northern
counties. But we have two miles further over the bank
to Strandby, where we embark for the island of Fanø.
Plenty of partridges here. We meet a yoke of oxen
dressed out in straw collars, with star-like points,
like a Brahmin idol. We reach the ferry—boat arrives
after an hour’s delay—are carried out to sea in a
boer’s cart, and then embarked; the luggage arranged,
our cart has to unload the boat, filled with
fresh-dried stock-fish, the produce of the island: haddock,
cod, and skate, all neatly done up into packets. One
hundred and five are counted out; then another carriage
arrives: we embark some peasant women, in their quaint
costume; the men tuck up their breeches and wade
out to save their skillings—just a lit^e too deep—the
tide is rising, so they scramble in wet and uncomfortable.
In half an hour we disembark at Fanø.
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