Copenhagen

EN ROUTE FOR COPENHAGEN.

by g iv ing some figures. The custom receipts w ere, in 1876: 31.000 crowns (in 1896: abou t 310.000 crowns). The value of the artificial m anure im ported in 1876 was hardly V2 a million p o u n d s sterling (in 1896: 13 millions). The im po rt of coal has d u rin g these 20 years risen from 56.000 to abou t 2 m illion barrels, and that of tim ber from 15.000 cubic feet to 150.000.

The exports have risen since 1876 from 1 m il­ lion to 20 m illion lbs. of butter, xj2 m illion to 106 m illion lbs. of pork, 750 lbs. of fish to 3 m il­ lion lbs., and 4 m illion to 20 m illion eggs. R1BE. This venerable old tow n , full of histori­ cal relics, halfforgotten in the hu rry of m o ­ dern times, presents as striking a contrast to Esbjerg, though only an hour's trip from it, as one can well im a­ gine. H igh above the low town tow ers the

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cathedral; from all sides you see its m ighty square tower, which once bore a spire. This m onum en t of the medieval hierarchy gives the place its character. You feel that you are in the Avignon of D enm ark, the cathedral rep resen ting the P o p e ’s palace. The country round Ribe is so flat that one can, it is said, see for 21 miles in every direction lying flat on on e ’s back.

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