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pay their tribute to the king[1]. About a league distant the opposite shore terminates the prospect in a very agreeable manner; and not far off, between the two banks, rises the little isle of Weme, famous for the observations of Tycho Brahe. Although the other parts of Zealand afford nothing so striking as this; the eye will find enough to entertain it every where else. Here are vast plains covered with a most delightful verdure, which springs earlier and continues longer than the southern nations would imagine. These plains are interspersed with little hills, lakes, and groves; and adorned with several palaces, many gentlemens seats[2], and a good number of cities and towns. The soil, though light and somewhat sandy, produces a great quantity of grain, particularly of oats and barley: nor is it deficient in woods and pastures. Besides, the sea and lakes furnish this island with fish in such abundance, as might well supply the want of the other fruits of the earth in a country less fertile or less addicted to commerce.
But fertility is in a still more eminent degree the character of Funen, which is the second of the Danish isles in point of size,
