DENMARK. 67 



an embroidered star on the breast of the coat, surrounded with the 

 motto Pietate et Justitia. The badge is a cross pattee enamelled 

 white, on the centre the letter C and 5 crowned with a regal crown? 

 and this motto : Restitntor. The number of knights is not limited j 

 and they are very numerous. 



Religion. ...The religion of Denmark is the Lutheran. The king- 

 dom is divided into six dioceses : Zealand, Funen, Viborg, Aarhuys, 

 Aalborg, and Ripen ; besides two in Iceland. There is no archbishop ; 

 but tne bisnop of Zealand is metropolitan in Denmark, as the bishop 

 of Aggerhuys is in Norway. The annual revenue of the bishopric 

 of Zealand is about 1000/. a year, that of Funen, 750/. the others are 

 from 400/. to 600/. The bishops have no temporal power, nor more 

 authority over the inferior clergy than is necessary for the mainte- 

 nance of good order in the church. 



Literature. ...The Danes in general have made no great figure in 

 literature ; though astronomy and medicine are highly indebted to 

 their Tycho Brahe, Borrichius, and the Bartholines : and the Round 

 Tower and Christian's Haven display the mechanical genius of a 

 Longomontanus. They begin now, however, to make some promis- 

 ing attempts in history, poetry, and the drama. But it appears that 

 literature has received very little encouragement in Denmark ; which 

 may be considered as the principal cause of its being so little cul- 

 tivated by the Danes. Yet the names of Langebek, Suhm, and Hol- 

 berg, have acquired some degree of deserved celebrity ; and the 

 travels of Niebuhr are distinguished for intelligent research and ac- 

 curate information. 



Universities.. ..There are two universities in Denmark ; one at 

 Copenhagen, and the other at Kiel in Holstein. The former has 

 funds to the amount, it is said, of 300,000 rix-dollars, for the gratuitous 

 support of 328 students. 



Education. ...The education of the poor, has lately been a subject 

 of attention to the government. The country has been divided into 

 school districts, none of which is so large as to subject the children 

 to inconvenience in attending, on account of the distance. Government 

 provide suitable teachers ; and all parents are obliged to send their 

 children to school after the age of seven years. 



Language. ...The language of Denmark is a dialect of the Teutonic; 

 but German and French are spoken at court ; and the nobility have 

 lately made great advances in the English, which is now publicly 

 taught at Copenhagen as a necessary part of education. A company 

 of English comedians occasionally visit that capital, where they find 

 .olerable encouragement. The Lord's Prayer, in Danish, is as fol» 

 lows : 



Vor fador som er i himmelin ; heiligt vordedit naffn ; tilkomme die . 

 ryke ; vorde din villie fiaa jorden somi himmelin ; gif os i dag vort 

 daglige brod ; og forlad os vor sky Id som vi forlade vore skyldener ; 

 og leed os icke i frislrelse, men frels os fra ont ; tin reget er dit, og kraft 

 og hergled i evighed. Amen. 



Antiquities. ...The antiquities of Denmark consist only of some 

 rude remains of the temples and cemeteries of the ancient Celtic and 

 Gothic inhabitants of the country. In several parts of the Danish 

 dominions are found circles of upright stones, disposed in a manner 

 similar to those of Stanehenge. There are also, on some rocks, 

 Runic inscriptions- which are so ancient they can no longer be ex- 



