tand forth the gigantic symbol of national protection,
and type of times gone by.

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Translated from the Danish poet, Baggesen.

CHAPTER IX.

ARRIVAL AT FALKENBORG--THE STORM--THE YACHT IN DANGER
--SAFE ANCHORAGE--VISIT TO FALKENBORG--LUDICROUS
ADVENTURE--A DRIVE INTO THE INTERIOR--GREAT SCARCITY
EXPERIENCED BY THE INHABITANTS--DESCRIPTION OF THE
COUNTRY--THE DISAPPOINTED ANGLERS--KONGSBACKA--THE
YACHT RUNS AGROUND--GOTTENBORG.

AEolus seems to be the same good-natured deity Virgil represents him to
have been in the days of AEneas, and open to any supplication which may
be preferred to his rocky throne, whether it be by mythological Juno, or
material Jack; nor does that royal soother of waves and raiser of wind
pay more attention to such poetic prayer and soft promises of a Goddess,
as,

"Eole,
Incute vim ventis.
Sunt mihi bis septem praestanti corpore Nymphae:
Quarum, quae forma pulcherrima, Deiopeiam
Connubio jungam stabili, propriamque dicabo:
Omnes ut tecum meritis pro talibus annos
Exigat, et pulchra faciat te prole parentem,"

than he listens to the reflections of two British tars.

"I think, from the scud, we shall have wind from the south'ard, Bill."

"So I think," replies Bill; "and we shall have enough of it, too.
There's a bank of black clouds over the Castle, I don't like."

"Ay, I'll be d-- if it does anything else but blow; but better a good
deal than none at all."

"Don't swear," Bill piously answers, "but take what you can catch. We
ain't got a black cat aboard; and, so, trust to Providence."

About an hour afterwards the observations of the two sailors were
verified; for a strong wind sprung up from the south, and blew without
intermission till nine o'clock, when we found ourselves abreast of
Falkenborg. The sky, being covered by dark masses of flying clouds, made
the night, now beginning to set in, more obscure than this season of the
year admitted. The coast, though bold, was dangerous and unknown; and we
had been told that Falkenborg, though famous for its salmon streams, had
no harbour where the yacht might lie with safety, unless, by sailing
through a very intricate and narrow channel, we anchored within a reef
of rocks stretching three miles from the land. The nearer, therefore, we
approached the shore, the more requisite was it to get a pilot on board;
but ten o'clock being now near at hand, and the Swedes being notoriously
negligent in the