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Drachsholin.
A lthough this Castle cann ot be
included in th e E n v iro n s o f C o p en h ag en , y et it is
w ithin to lerab le distance and so connected w ith an
epoch in Scottish histo ry as m u st ren d er it a place
of interest to e v ery su bject of G re at B ritain . It is
a rem a rk ab le fact th a t every E ng lish h isto ria n , to
the very la s t, h a s m ade M a lm o , in Sw eden, the
d eatli-p lace o f the tu rb u le n t E arl o f B o th w e ll: b u t
Mi*. T h o rle ifr G u dm und so n R e p p , th e learn ed Ice
lander, (and a th o ro u g h E n g lishm an a t heart) h as,
acting under th e comm ands o f Q ueen C aroline
Am alie o f D enm ark , D a u g h ter o f the S iste r o f
G eorge III., p ro v ed from docum ents found by him
in the R o y al P riv y A rchives o f C openhagen th a t
E a rl B othw ell w as rem oved from M a lm n , th en
included in th e D a n ish K in g d o m , at the u rg en t
re q u est o f th e S co ttish g overnm ent, (as, being a sea
p o r t , it afforded th e E a rl too m uch lib erty an d
interco urse w ith th e Scottish gentlem en and officers
w ho used to v isit th a t town) to D ra clish o lm , a
seq uestered castle on the w est co ast o f Sealand,
w hich a t th a t tim e belonged to th e C ro w n , b u t is
• now a b a ro n ia l residence, called
Adlershorg.
H ere
it w as th a t the tu rb u le n t and am b itiou s E a rl o f
B othw ell p a sse d , in g reat seclusion, the last y e a rs
o f his chequ ered life.
Should a sh o rt sum m ary o f M r. R e p p ’s w ork