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(1851) [MARC] Author: H. C. Andersen
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very edge of the declivity, as they were bred
here and accustomed to the hollow, thundering
rumble of the water. To the right, a flock of
screaming birds flew over the magnificent oaks.
Cars, each with one horse, and with the driver
standing upright in it, the reins in his hand,
came on the broad forest road from Oens Brück.

Thither we will go in order to take leave of
the Dal-elv at one of the most delightful of
places, which vividly removes the stranger, as
it were, into a far more southern land, into a
far richer nature, than he supposed was to be
found here. The road is so pretty – the oak
grows here so strong and vigorously with mighty
crowns of rich foliage.

Oens Brück lies in a delightfully pastoral
situation. We came thither; here was life and
bustle indeed! The mill-wheels went round;
large beams were sawn through; the iron forged
on the anvil, and all by water-power. The
houses of the workmen form a whole town: it
is a log street with red-painted wooden houses,
under picturesque oaks, and birch trees. The

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