780 DENMARK. 



has some trade, and is engaged in the Greenland fishery. Population, 5,200. Flensberg, in 

 the duchy of Sleswick, lias a good harbor, and is a place of some commerce. Population, 

 16,000. Roeskilde, at the extremity of the Roeskilde fiord, lias a very ancient cathedral, and 

 is the burial-place of the Danish kings. 



13. Agriculture. Denmark produces barley, rye, and oats, in abundance ; also rape-seed, 

 wheat, oats, buck-wheat, and peas. A great quantity of excellent butter is manufactured 

 The rearing of cattle is also an extensive branch of industry, and the rich meadows of Sles- 

 wick furnish what is known and celebrated under the name of Hamburg beef. Over all Den- 

 mark the dairy forms the basis of a large export trade, and butter, cheese, salted meat, and 

 hve stock, with the different grains, make the bulk of the exports. All kinds of domestic 

 poultry are plentiful, particularly geese and ducks, the feathers of which are a valuable article 

 of exportation. 



14. Commerce. This country is well situated for commerce. The principal imports are 

 cotton, tea, wine, brandy, and salt. The exports are timber, black cattle, horses, stock-fish, 

 tallow, hides, tar, pitch, and iron, with some produce. 



15. jyianufactures. There are a few hands employed in the manufacture of woolen stufiis. 

 Carpets, stockings, gloves, camlets, and lace, are also made to some extent. Sugar refineries 

 are common, and the produce is equivalent to the consumption. 



16. Fisheries. The most considerable fishery is that of herrings in the Lymfiord. Seals 

 and porpoises are killed upon the coast and in the Eider. 



17. Revenue and Population. The annual revenue of Denmark is 8,000,000 dollars. It 

 arises principally from the royal demesnes, tithes, land tax, poll tax, a tax upon titles, places, 

 and pensions, stamp duties, customs, and a toll on vessels passing the Sound. The public 

 debt is 75,000,000 dollars. The population of the Danish dominions is 2,050,000, beside 

 160,000 in the colonies. 



18. Jlrmy and JSTavy. The present military force of Denmark consists of 38,819 men. 

 The Danish navy amounts to 7 ships of the line, 8 frigates, 5 sloops of 20 guns, 5 brigs, 2 

 schooners, 77 gunboats, and 1 steamboat. The Danes are expert seamen. 



19. Colonies. The Faroe Islands lie between Iceland and the Shetland isles. They consist 

 of 25 islands, 17 of which are inhabited, the rest being mere rocks. Their superficial extent 

 has been estimated at 500 square miles ; and the number of inhabitants at 6,800. The whole 

 of these islands are composed of basaltic rocks ; and some of the mountains rise to the height 

 of 3,000 feet above the level of the sea. In Osteroe is a range of basaltic pillars, almost as 

 regularly defined as those of Staffa. The principal minerals are copper, jasper, and coal. 

 The climate is rigorous. Trees are unknown, and the only fruit is wild berries. Cows of a 

 small breed, and sheep form the principal wealth of the inhabitants. The islanders are sup- 

 ported chiefly by bird-catching and fishing ; the seal fishery in the month of September being 

 often very productive. They manufacture a few jackets, and upwards of 112,000 pairs of 

 stockings annually, which they exchange with the Danes for grain, timber, nails, cofTee, salt, and 

 other necessaries. The Fdroe Islands were discovered and colonized by fugitive Normans, be- 

 tween the years 858 and 868. During the American war they became notorious for smuggling, 

 and continued so for some time. The language is a Danish dialect of the Norse. The inhabitants 

 are a laborious and simple race of men, and their ordinary food is barley, milk, fish, &c. 



Iceland has been described in America. The other colonies 

 are Tranquebar on the coast of Coromandel, and the factories 

 of Portonov^o, Friedrichsnager. Bassora, and Serampore in 

 Asia ; the forts of Christiansborg, Friedensborg, Konigstein, 

 and Prinzenstein in Africa ; the settlements of Greenland in 

 North America ; and the islands of St. Thomas, St. Croix, and 

 St. John in the West Indies. 



20. Inhabitants. The Danes, like most of the northern nations, 

 are fair in complexion, of middle stature, and hardy in constitu 

 tion. The women have blue eyes, and auburn hair, ffnd many 

 of them are beautiful. There is a nobility, which, though re- 

 duced from its ancient splendor, contains many who live in ele- 

 gance, if not in ostentation. There are 2 orders of knighthood. 

 The peasantry, poor and oppressed, has been but recently 

 emancipated from personal bondage, and is still subjected to 



Danes. 



