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Superior as was the management of my host, I think he excelled in theory. He was, it is true, born a peasant like others, but he had rubbed off much of his natural roughness, and was above being guided by custom or pre­ judice. Ilis judgment was improved by a store of reading, which placed him far above his equals in condition. He took great plea­ sure in study, and whenever his occupations allowed him time for recreation, he employed it in perusing such authors, as might yield him solid information, or advantageously beguile him. Mr. Hoegh’s treatise stood foremost among his books. Fleischer on Bees, and a number of subordinate treatises on Rural (Eco­ nomy, filed up the shelf. Below were ranged the works of the great Copyist of Nature, the immortal Holberg,* Nor did he confine his knowledge to reading; the study of mankind he found equally necessary, and so happily did * A new edition of his Dramatic Compositions is now publishing, at Copenhagen, under the superintendance of Professor Nycrup and Mr. Heger, an actor on the Theatre Royal.