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FREDERICIA.
Chap. XLVI.
winter, and Hannibal, on his watch-tower, now bends
forward, considerably out of the perpendicular. From
thence to Fredericia, a beautiful drive along the horde’s
banks—a recompense due to us for our ugly seven
miles journey of this morning. The town of Fredericia
is a fortress of some consequence in the Danish
dominions. It has had its affair with the Swedes,
independent of its exploits in the last war, too fresh in the
minds of the world in general to require relating. Its
present interest consists in the two monuments erected
to the memory of the Danish heroes who fell hghting
in the cause of their country at the battle which
bears its name : they are the work of Professor Bissen.
One, a bas-relief, erected in the public cemetery, is as
beautiful in design as admirable in execution; the
subject, two soldiers bearing a dead comrade in their
arms for interment from the battle-field.
^Unfortunately, it has been injudiciously placed too near to the
churchyard wall, so that you catch, on arriving from
either side, the rounded backs of the bearers en biais,
which presents a most ridiculous appearance, and have
to cross over to the opposite side of the road to judge
of the general effect. It is, however, fine as a work of
art, and adds much to the reputation of the artist by
whom it was designed. Fredericia is restoring her
church—red and white—in its ancient colours. Some
carving on the pulpit is worthy of Grinling Gibbons,
all fruits, flowers, and shells.
The small boat which is to carry us across the blue
waters of the Little Belt waits. Tide and wind
contrary ; but an hour will soon pass away. We can
watch, as we sail along, the richly-wooded coast of
Funen. We can gaze on the actineæ—actineæ of a
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