4 * TRAVELS TO THE EAST. 
borg. The fields of Scania were covered with (heave? 
of corn, and afforded the agreeable fight of a fertile 
country. 
We lay to all the night of the 23d within fight 
of Scania, for fear of running a-ground near the 
Sound in the night, and at day-break had two fine 
views : one on (hore, of the white chalk mountains 
of Seeland : the other at fea, of feme (hips which 
had come up with us whilft we lay by in the night. 
Drakoe is a handfome village, with a church to the 
left. We hoifted our flag here, and got three Da- 
nifh pilots on board, who carried us pad Copen- 
hagen for fix rixdollars. W e faw that the road was 
dangerous; for a Dutch (hip had yefterday run 
a-ground here in fine weather, and was now fur- 
rounded with a number of fmall craft from Drakoe, 
which were employed in getting her off. We faw a 
fine foreft of oak between this village and Copen- 
hagen, where there is penalty on any one who at- 
tempts to cut the timber. About noon, we were 
within cannot (hot of Copenhagen, and could fee the 
palace, fleet, arfenal, and fome fine churches. Here 
the Danifli pilots left us, after they had truly fore- 
told usfine weather. Wecould fee the city of Malma, 
with its churches, and large houfes from the (larboard, 
oppofite Copenhagen* A handfome beach wood came 
in our view, in which were fome fine houfes; this was 
faid to be the royal Danifli deer park. The whole 
coaff from Drakoe is very beautiful from the fea, and 
leems contrived by nature to refrefli and give plea- 
fnre to feamen, long ufed to the melancholy pref- 
pe£t of nothing but fea and Iky. We faw Land- 
fkrona from the (larboard at two o clock, and went 
quite near under Hven, which was entirely unin- 
habited towards this fide. In the afternoon, we 
came to an anchor in the road between Helfing- 
bore and Helfingneur, to pay toll to the Danes. 
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