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Chap. LUI.
CATTLE-SHOW.
353
possession. It is Swedish in its character ; the ground
undulating, the liills and dales strewn with purple rocks
and boulders, tossed about and rising on all sides in
most chaotic confusion. The pine, the oak, the ash, and
the birch, wych-elm and dog-wood. September is set
in, and the tints of autumn in their endless variety of
colouring are most charming.
This morning we set off on an early walk, passing by
an obelisk erected to commemorate the visit of his
present Majesty, when a young man, to his loyal
possession of Bornholm—a building open to the public
on high days and holidays, and to-day all is motion
and activity, for it is the annual cattle-show of the
island, and prizes are awarded to bulls, bullocks, pigs,
et hoc genus omne. Long tables are spread out under
the trees, with coffee, tea, and smør brod, to say nothing
of schnapps; and while the judges are busy awarding
the prizes the fanners and their families are occupied
with their inward restoration. Very sturdy little bulls
—small, like all island breeds—stand quiescent under
inspection. A prize-ticket is fastened on to a
dun-coloured animal with a white streak across his back;
then we make our way on, up and down, down and up,
till we come to the entrance of a huge encampment,
surrounded by an earthen vallum, here termed
Gamle-borg. Nobody knows aught of its history; it is now
studded over with trees, but it is worth w’hile to climb
on the opposite side merely to look down on the valley
beneath.
In an opposite direction, remarkable alone for its
site—for little of the castle remains—stands the sister
fortress of Lilleborg, a stronghold of the Archbishop
of Lund, built of Bornholm stone. Many ancient
VOL. II. 2 A
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