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SWEDENBORG’S TRAVELS IN 1736.
fourth of the town has been burned by twelve or thirteen in
cendiaries, who are in prison.
July 25. I reached Ringsted, so called after King Ring ;
passed Sorö, a small town, beautifully situated, and came
through Slagelse to Korsör on the Great Belt, which is forti
fied. The extent of Zealand from Copenhagen to Korsör is
fourteen [geographical] miles ; most of it is flat, and cultivated
as fields, though there are also some handsome beech woods.
At Korsör I noticed the tide, which can scarcely be observed
in other parts of Denmark; a lighthouse is there for the use
of mariners, likewise at Nyborg.
July 26. I went across the Great Belt, passing the little
island, Sprogö ; Langeland was also visible ; and thus I arrived
at Nyborg. Thence I went to Odense, which is a large town
containing four churches; it lies in the middle of the island
of Fünen.
July 27. From Odense I went to Assens; Fünen extends
nine [geographical] miles from Nyborg to Assens ; the distance
over the Great Belt is four [geographical] miles. From
Assens we crossed the little Belt to Aarösund. The distance
from Copenhagen to that place is twenty-nine miles, and it is
thus half-way to Hamburg. Fünen has a similar appearance
to Zealand. From Aarösund I travelled to Hadersleben, which
is in Schleswig or Danish Holstein.
July 28. I reached Flensburg, which is a fine town, con
sisting of only one long street ; ships arrive there trafficking
in hemp, flax, linen, wine, &c., with which they supply the
adjoining country. Thence we passed Schleswig, where a wall
or rampart was pointed out to us which reaches from the
Baltic to the North Sea, and is said to have been erected
during the reign of the Emperor Otto, when he desired to
introduce Christianity into Denmark.
July 29. Rendsburg is a handsome fortress, the finest in
Denmark, containing a garrison of from 3000 to 4000 men ;
the town consists of scarcely anything but magazines and arse
nals. Thence I went to Itzehoe which is a considerable town.
July 30. We arrived at Elmshorn, passing the fortress
Glückstadt in Ditmarsia, which is there called Marsia. The
country looks very much like Holland, in being fortified against
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