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MIDDELFART.
Chap. XLIX.
where in former times a royal castle of much repute
stood; but, “jetons les souvenirs aux orties,” we
do not require them here ; for such a scene of loveliness
as is presented to the eye from the manor-gardens is
seldom to be witnessed. The wooded shores of Jutland,
the indentation of the coast, the island of Fænø and her
“ calf,” combined with the blue waters of the Little Belt
—the prettiest cerulean cincture that ever girt a
fruitful isle—all combine together in smiling colouring and
beauty.
The old castle had the honour of being burnt and
sacked, together with Middelfart, by Marsk Stig,*
who to these islands became a great scourge—too well
he fulfilled his promise to the youthful Menved, laying
waste, burning, and destroying; and then Hindsgavl,
after passing through a deal of war and bloodshed, was
finally blown up and destroyed by the Swedes in the
unlucky war of the 17th century—a “ genteel ” ending
for a Danish fortress.
N.B.—The farms of the island of Funen are very
extensive, though not quite on the same scale as those
of Jutland and the Duchies. The rat-charmer of
Ringkjøbing must be sadly wanted in these parts, for
in one manor we visited the proprietor kept upwards of
sixty cats.
MIDDELFART.
August Y2th.—We find Middelfart in full gala.
Stuhl-wagens arrive from the earliest dawn; something is
about to happen it is evident: so we inquire. A grand
popinjay match comes off in the wood near Hindsgavl,
* 1290.
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