quite finished, being attacked by the enemy, she placed a row of cows in the outer ditch, from which it is named the Cow-ditch. On these her assailants expended all their ammunition, mistaking the cattle for helmed warriors. In the meantime she completed the work. She was very crafty, and always rode through the country with her horse's shoes reversed, so that no one should know where she was. In this manner she once escaped from the Oldenburgers. She had sent her son to Oldenburg to receive the contributions; but the Oldenburg shoemakers seized him, cut him in pieces, and sent him back to his mother in a barrel of salt. Frantic with rage and grief at this atrocity, she laid siege to the town, and threw up intrenchments, which may still be seen at Weissenhaus on the Baltic. The Russians, however, came to the succour of the town, and it was only by the above-mentioned stratagem that Margaret escaped. From that time, the Oldenburg shoemakers have not dared to leave the town, and, even to this day, attend no annual fair. Near Bornhöved she fought a great battle, and as she mounted her horse, trod on a large stone, which long bore the marks of her footstep. Others say that it was the mark of her horse's hoof, and that a similar stone lies on the boundaries of the estates of Depenau and Bockhorn. This queen was a witch, and still wanders about: many tales are related of her. In the neighbourhood of Lohheide, in Schleswig, there is a small hill called Dronningshöi (the Queen's Mount). It was thrown up by her soldiers, who carried the earth in their helmets. On this spot Black Margaret overcame and killed a prince with whom she was engaged in war. When she saw that fortune was turning against her, the crafty woman sent a messenger to him to say, that it was unrighteous to sacrifice so many lives in their quarrel; far better would it be, if they alone settled the strife. The prince thinking himself a match for a woman, accepted the challenge. While they were fighting together, the queen begged for a few moments' respite, while she fastened her helmet a little tighter. The prince acceded to her request. She then said, she durst not trust him, unless he stuck his sword up to the hilt into the earth. This he accordingly did, when she immediately assailed him and cut his head off. He is buried in the Queen's Mount, and the people who live in the neighbourhood have often seen him sitting before a silver table, on which stood a silver teapot, a silver cream-jug, and a silver cup. KING WALDEMAR*. NOT far from Bau there stood formerly the hunting-seat of Waldemarstoft, where King Waldemar was accustomed to pass the summer and autumn, that he might enjoy his favourite diversion of the chase. The king once, accompanied by many huntsmen and dogs, rode early in the morning to the forest. The hunt was good, but the more game they found, the stronger grew his desire to continue the chase. The day ended, the sun went down, yet still he did not give in. But when dark night set in, and it was no longer possible to continue the sport, the king exclaimed: "Oh! that I could hunt for ever!' A voice was then heard in the air, saying: "Thy wish shall be granted, King Waldemar, from this hour thou shalt hunt for ever." Soon after the king died, and from the day of his death he rides every night, on a snow-white horse, through the air, in furious chase, surrounded by his huntsmen and dogs. It is only on St. John's night that he is to be heard; but in the city-ditch at Flensborg he has been also heard in the autumn. The air then resounds with the echo of the horn and the baying of dogs, with whistling and calling, as if a whole party were in motion. People then say, "There goes King Waldemar!" The old hunting-palace is now converted into an inn; but one of the rooms still remains in the same state it was in when inhabited by King Waldemar. The walls are * This was Waldemar IV., king of Denmark. He reigned from 1334 to 1375. He is distinguished by the sobriquet of Atterdag, given him, it is said, in consequence of a phrase he was constantly using: "Morgen er atter en dag," To-morrow is again a day. For other traditions of his hunt, see Northern Mythology, ii. covered with old pictures; in one corner is a canopy-bed, over which is a dark red velvet coverlet, bordered with gold fringe, in very tolerable preservation. There is also an old organ, on which the king was in the habit of playing. In this room he was once shot at. The murderer fired through the door, but missed his aim, and hit the wall where the king's picture hung. There is a hole in the picture through which the bullet passed before it entered the wall, where the mark is still visible. 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