OURNEY THROUGH SEELAND 83

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

DENMARK

_By F. J. Hyldahl_

FACING PAGE

FLOWER MARKET IN COPENHAGEN 9

DRAGOeR PEASANT 16

CHILDREN'S DAY 33

HARVEST-TIME 40

VAGT-PARADEN 57

SUNDAY IN THE ISLAND OF LAESOe 64

SKAGEN FISHERMAN NEAR THE TOWER OF BURIED CHURCH 73

WINTER IN THE FOREST 80

_Sketch-Map, page ii, Denmark Section._

DENMARK

CHAPTER I

MERRY COPENHAGEN--I

Copenhagen, the metropolis of Denmark, is a large and flourishing city,
with all the modern improvements of a commercial capital. It has an
atmosphere of its own, an atmosphere of friendliness and gaiety,
particularly appreciated by English people, who in "Merry Copenhagen"
always feel themselves at home.

The approach to this fine city from the North by the Cattegat is very
charming. Sailing through the Sound, you come upon this "Athens of the
North" at its most impressive point, where the narrow stretch of water
which divides Sweden and Denmark lies like a silvery blue ribbon between
the two countries, joining the Cattegat to the Baltic Sea. In summer the
sparkling, blue Sound, of which the Danes are so justly proud, is alive
with traffic of all kinds. Hundreds of steamers pass to and from the
North Sea and Baltic, carrying their passengers and freights from
Russia, Germany, Finland, and Sweden, to the whole world. In olden times
Denmark exacted toll from these passing ships, which the nations found
irksome, but the Danes most profitable. This "Sundtold" was abolished
finally at the wish of the different nations using this "King's
highway," who combined to pay a large lump sum to Denmark, in order that
their ships might sail through the Sound without this annoyance in
future.

Kronborg Castle, whose salute demanded this toll in olden days, still
rears its stately pinnacles against the blue sky, and looking towards
the old fortress of Kjaernan, on the Swedish coast, seems to say, "Our
glory is of a bygone day, and in the land of memories."

Elsinore, the ancient town which surrounds this castle, is well known to
English