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BØG O.
Chap. LIV.
CHAPTER LIV.
Return to Zealand — Island of Bogø — King Valdemar and the
Hanse-. atikers — The Goose Tower—Goose carried off by King Erik —
Castigation of the fair Cecilia — Herlufsholm the Harrow of Denmark
—Old Bridget and the missing title-deeds — The gallant Admiral
Trolle — Hvitfeldt the chronicler’s Dance of Death.
MØEN.
October 11.—The autumn is now far advanced; the
leaves, undevoured by caterpillars, hang thinly to the
trees; a feeling of damp pervades the forest and the
klint; the bathing bower smells like a fungus; even
the mushrooms are saturated with
wet—wood-mushrooms, large enough to form dinner-tables to a
marriageparty of Trolles or Nisses; they have now all turned
black, and are quite uneatable. So we yawn, abuse the
weather, and, thanking our stars the month of October
is at last arrived, pay a farewell visit to the Stor Klint,
slide once more into the numerous giants’ chambers,
pack up our clothes, and start, inwardly rejoicing, for
Copenhagen.
ISLAND OF B0GO.
We again embark upon the “ Zampa,” bound from
Stege to Vordingborg. Two ferry-boats meet us in
the centre of the strait, by Kallehave; we bend
our course through a world of little islands. The
coast of Zealand is richly wooded; we pass by Bøgo,
or the Isle of Beeches, celebrated in the annals of
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