There  are  some  taper-stands  made  of  terra-cotta  (Fig.  197),
nearly  eight  inches  long  by  seven  in  height,  rudely  representing
a  castle  defended  by  gates,  with  towers  separated  by  a  gable ;  on
all  sides  of  these  are  irregular  designs,  applied  before  the  mate-
rial was  baked.  There  are,  besides  these,  tapestries  of  the  six-
teenth and  seventeenth  centuries,  an  altar  of  ebony  and  silver,
clocks,  watches,  nuptial  crowns,  etc.
We  see,  by  this  too  rapid  survey,  what  riches  are  deposited  in
the  Museum  of  Northern  Antiquities  at  Copenhagen ;  it  may
easily  be  understood  how  many  things  interesting  and  worthy


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of  attention  we  -were  obliged  to  leave  undescribed.  One  ought
to  be  able  to  devote  a  considerable  time  to  this  museum ;  and
the  student,  who  has  leisure  to  do  so,  will  not  regret  it,  and  will
find  there  an  enormous  quantity  of  rare  and  curious  articles.
THE  ETHNOGRAPHICAL  MUSEUM.
Another  museum  at  Copenhagen,  the  Ethnographical,  is  less
learned,  but  as  useful  and  interesting  as  the  museum  of  anti-
quities.
It  comj^rises  a  collection  of  typical  objects,  characteristic  of
human  civilization  in  every  part  of  the  world ;  and,  in  order  to
arrive  at  this  result,  it  gives  such  details  as  are  best  suited  to
illustrate  the  nature  and  the  degree  of  advancement  of  each  form
of  civilization.  The  most  curious  and  amusing  portions  of  this
museum  are  those  which  relate  to  Greenland  and  Japan,  coun-
tries of  which  we  know  very  little,  and  which  consequently
excite  greater  curiosity.
