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borg, the benefits to arise from this new system, are likely to exceed all expectation.* A con­ siderable number of lambs are sold yearly, at the fixt price of ten dollars each. Upon the whole, there is not the smallest apprehension, that this establishment will suffer a fate similar to that at Lynggaarden, which has been for some time abolished. We next crossed the country towards Elsi- neur, which we reached about sun-set. It is impossible to comprehend the beauties of this prospect on a fine summer’s day, without having seen it. We ascended a rising hillock to delight our eyes with the charming scenery around. The town lay immediately beneath, and a little beyond it the ancient Castle of * A treatise has been written to promote the views of this institution, by Messrs. Abilgaard and Viborg, both Professors in the veterinary school, at Copenhagen, which contains much valuable information relative to the natural history of sheep, in its various departments; on the ma­ nagement of wool, and skins; qualities as to food; inci­ dental defects, and distempers; with the means of pre­ venting degeneration, and of meliorating the breeds, by the introduction of the Friseland, Iceland, Faro, English, and Spanish species.