148 RURAL DENMARK 



I should add, by way of comment, that Mr. Tesdorpf 

 provides no less than 1 70 cottages in which his labourers 

 dwell, and that to each of these houses are allotted 

 five tondeland of ground, which virtually constitute 

 a small-holding. I gathered, however, that the 

 tenants work these in their spare time with the help 

 of their families. They do not look to them for a live- 

 lihood. Evidently on this matter of small-holdings 

 Mr. Tesdorpf s bark is worse than his bite. 



