JUTLAND,* one of the most considerahle provinces of Denmark, is situated between 55° 24' and 57° 40' of north latitude, and between 12° 40' and 10° 20' of cast longitude from Greenwich. It is a large peninsula, surrounded on all sides by the sea, except on the south, where it is bounded by the duchy of Sleswick. It is 180 miles in length from north to south, and 75 from west to east at its medium breadth. The coasts, both on the east and west, are in dented by numerous gulfs and inlets, which form safe and commodious harbours; and the gulf of Lymfiord particu larly, which is navigable and full of islands, stretches across the province from the Cattegat to within three miles of the German Ocean. It is divided into four districts, namely,— 1. Aalbourg in the north of the province, of which the principal towns are Aalbourg, a trading town on the south coast of Lymfiord gulf ; Schagen, at the northern extre mity of the peninsula ; Hiorring, 30 miles north-west of the cape; Nyscoping, a little trading town on the island of Mors.-2. Wiburg, containing a town of the same name., the capital of the province, an ancient inland town, with 2000 inhabitants ; Mariager, a small place on a gulf of the same name ; Skeva, on the south border of the gulf of Lymfiord ; and Hobroe, a pleasant trading town.-3. Aar hus, along the east coast, containing a trading town of the same name, with 4300 inhabitants ; Randers, an old trad ing place on the river Guden, containing 4600 ; Ebehoft, Horsens, and Scanderborg, smallI•ading towns along the coast.-4. Rypen, the most considerable district of the province, extending along the western coast between Sles wick and the gulf of Lymfiord, containing Rypen, a tole4- bly well built town at the mouth of the Nilisaar ; Holding; anciently a royal residence ; Fredericia, or the Little Belt, where vessels pay toll; Wardc, Rinkioping, Holtsbroe, Hierting, and Jelling, all of which are small places, more like villages than towns.
The northern shores of Jutland present a long line of sand-banks, fatal to mariners, and covered with the re mains of shipwrecked vessels; and the eastern coast is bor dered with the most picturesque succession of rocks. The country in general is low, sandy, and naked; most fertile towards the south ; and on the east side covered with ex tensive forests of oak, fir, birch, Sc. There appear in every
part of the peninsula numbers of earthen tumuli, frequent ly about 20 feet high, and 300 in circumference at the base, evidently constructed by art, and found indiscriminately in the most desert and in the best cultivated tracts. The in habitants are unable to give any account of tl.eit' origin ; but they are considered as having most probably been erected in honour of deceased chieftains, and as indicating a high degree of .population in ancient times. There are many small lake and marshes, but few rivers, in the pro vince ; and these few are, for the most part, only trifling ri vulets, or wintry tot rents. Almost the only river deserv ing the name is the Guden, which rises near Wibui g, be comes navigable at Randers, and falls into the Cattegat Sea. Several excellent springs are found in the peninsu la; but, towards the north coast the water is brackish and unpalatable. There are no mountains, and the hills, which are composed of gravel or sand, are seldom above a few hundred feet in height.
The country people of Jutland spin a considerable por tion of their wool, and knit the yarn into stockings for ex portation, to the annual value of 16,000 rix-dollars. They also manufacture for their own use a kind of coarse cloth; which, like the highlanders of Scotland and Wales, they delight to render as gaudy as possible, by weaving togethci various co-loured stuffs, particularly blue, red, and yellow. There are several manufactories of woollen cloth in the province ; and one at Aalbourg has sometimes exported this article to the value of 60,000 rix-dollars per annum. In several villages, particularly around the town of Warde, a kind of black pottery is made of a fine bluish clay in their neighbourhood, and exported to a considerable amount, chiefly for Hamburgh and Holland. At Gerdumlund, a few miles from Aalbourg, arc large works for preparing potash, alum, white-lead, and soap. There are also manu factories for hats, gloves, and fire-arms at Aalbourg ; and at the same place, a gentleman, who had been in England, has recently established one for stockings, but is said to expe rience considerable difficulties from the apathy and slug gishness of his workmen.