C II A P T E R. IV.
' N Â fT TJ.R A l G È O; G R A P H Y . ■
Cliàate tttâ Sçafîm . y - Fàfà é f the ttimntry.>—Soit àné d^mfrüre.^R!èer$.T-**
Lakes.— Mountains.-— Fore/îs.— Botany. r*-2<wh>gyi'*-Minerak^y.-^Minen&R
Waters.—Natural Cîifiqfities._,
C limate
and S easons.
Face o f the
Country.
T HE kingdom of Denmark proper,,; .conEftingigi thfifc .jùagignfjlgftt'Sî
of the Danifh monarchy, the ifles;of Zealand, ; Eriuen, ,Laian,d,and.
Falfter, with others, of inferior fize ;v and the, extenjftjge -Gherfeneie or
peninfula, .which contains Jutland, Slefwic, and Hplfteip, may, bp eon-*,
fidered. as polfefling a humid, and -rather" temperato clfmate. ^fet the,
winter is occafionally o f externe feyerifcy, and the. lea ds;, impededf with,
ice. Norway, chiefly extending -along. the weft fide of: tfift .Scajjdi-,
naviaa Alps, expofed to the vapours from- the Atlantic, i& riot- fo colds
a region as might; be! conceived. Finmark indeed ) feejsj, the^uîmoft’
rigour of winter; while in 'l€fila^^-pn^^%jS3fig^ryiv tha^ife^h'iilb
imexpefitedlymoderatej fQ as ,generally; to permît ithe native tOrCMt turf-
even in January.
The afpeâ of fuch wide and detached regions may be conceived to
be greatly diverfified. The ifle of Zeeland, whichfis about 700. miles;
in circumference, is a fertile and plealant country, with fteldsfteparated.;
by mud walls, cottages either of brick or white waftied* ,wphda;pf j^eech
and oak, vales, and gentle hills. The fame; defeription w<ilL apply^.o
Funen, which is about 340 miles in circumference, «id. JWfcicti' Mfc
Marlhall fays is as well cultivated as mod of thé counties'in England.
Holftein and Slefwick are alfo level' countries ; and though Jutland
prefent many upland moors, and forefts of great extent, efpecially
towards Aalborg or in the 'centre of the northern part, ;yet~ there j are
fertile paftures ; and the country. being marfliy and not mountainous,
might be greatly improved, çfpecially if the proprietors were to refidé
1- 'r\ ’g f / . * " ' ' upon
..trpe'h nïéi%::èftafesvfïnïlea d f ' o f t | t e g therritothe1 care of Rewards.
Norway is “oh thé1 contrary- MfSa^s^the moft;rripuntainous country in
■fEurdpesd^but o f great fertility. Mr. Coxe
defcribes-tfiiqbàtt a$ b^&^fometiin^|lf1Sle ^hd'agfceeabfe^ and.though
^efjSen 'rocky, the'-fkiî; is) rich’.*-5 '^[fl&èjiàde'iwÇfthe country is prettily
fprinkled with riuirierbu^ M’feèsj'arid: rfyWct&^fali^ftKiekly dotted with
cbttages,!Tudél ƒ ft'B!ôngn^'h0ï} hdpïéafantlÿ fituàted on rocky éminences»
in the midftrof the ftttxurianiwpreft.”' f Tfie»Norwègian' Alps are frequently
covered with 'dark fhrfefts'-'of'pines5 arid fir , and'the perpetual'
"Mow ofthe'peaks is^ndf aecomlpahied- with the'glaciers and other terrors
k^Iri Holftein,'and çhé’fldtfth'of Jutland;'-'the folk® fertile-; and Mr.
Màrfliall 'cômparèsfthe agtieultui^beriwfeten. Ry|tcu?ahd' Warab'with that
o f’England, the fields* divided-by hedged and draft) e fro excellent order,'
and'fown with dorruand* turnips, the- tillage4 being performed vtqtK only
fouroslçn. Further td^the nofet-h, cultivation was’ lefs’rierfè'dt,, with thé
exception o f countfRoncellen-V eftate.; and the'-’Qèrîiïans who Were
inv-ited^'fb Sl-feftviek- and'Hoîftêin had'lbettërbàVe transferred tfieir iri-
düftry* tè théfimftif bfijritlkftdi vdtétte'fêffd flacë^dffftfty’miles Mr.'
Marshall ofiîysübfervtd' two fmalfcOuntty feats;; arid a ffew Germans,
who had,:'beétT plàcedJ there, confined their' 'labours td the dty ground;
ilftéad- of reclaiming the marlhes, which* would be1 far more productive.
The- agricriltrire of -Zeeland arid Fiineri is'àpplaüded by him f,
and if he bad vifit'ed - Norway iriis’1 probable that hè would not have
crimplained of the, want5 of itrduftry. In the latter country, thought
vegetation be m feme plkees’ fo quick that the corn -is fown and reaped
in fix offfeven ’ weeks,“yèt the portion of arable gfourid is fcanty, and'*
far*ftom fufficient to fupply tfiè^çonfumpribn.’ ’Tri’thfe autumnal rains;.
tO which Norway is expofed, the peafants dry-their harveft in a method
which - might be found ufeful in the Scotifli Highlands, by erecting
poles croffed by Others, on which the flieaves are filed.* That :
mountainous country is However abundant in’pafture and cattle ; which, -
as Swiflerlknd; are driven tp the heights in fu miner ; and a pa-. '
triotic foëiety has fo much encouraged agriculture, that with® thefer
i » x. 31. ’ ’ * See the plate ihvPontoppidan’S Norway.
fifty
F aceopthe
C o u n t r y .
Soil and
Agriculture.