IQ2 VISIT TO DENMARK [1799. 



Skellar. In the next room, where a great number of 

 the students have an ordinary, they sung the whole 

 time almost some of them extremely well, but in 

 general without words. The " Marseillaise " was the 

 most conspicuous tune, and oftenest repeated. 



The town stands in the middle of a very fine plain, 

 on a river small but bright, the hill on which the 

 castle is situated standing almost alone. The town 

 counts about 5000 inhabitants, is built chiefly of 

 wood, and interspersed with gardens. The four 

 principal streets meet in a great square. The cathe- 

 dral is a very large pile of building, though of brick ; 

 it has two towers of copper, which make a fine appear- 

 ance. It contains the tomb of Gustavus Vasa (whom 

 the king lately exhumed, and found well preserved), 

 St Eric, the families of Geer and Stuve ; Archbishop 

 Menandi, a very elegant one, erected by his son, M. 

 de Fredenheim ; and Linneus, lately put up. It is 

 composed of one block of Swedish porphyry and a me- 

 dallioD of the great man. The altar-piece is very fine. 



We then saw the public hall or theatre, where an 

 oration was holding, by Professor Gotling, on the 

 birth of the prince, in Latin, written by a professor. 

 Then the library, which is a large collection, but dis- 

 appoints one in point of rare old books, when one 

 considers that Gustavus Adolphus pillaged from the 

 German libraries, and all the treasures of these 

 were lodged here. We saw, however, the celebrated 

 Silver Book (Codex argenteus) or Gothic Testament, 

 which has made so much noise. It is the only Gothic 



