Produced by Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) +------------------------------------------------------------+ | Transcriber's Note | | | | Obvious typographical errors have been corrected in | | this text. For a complete list, please see the bottom of | | this document. | +------------------------------------------------------------+ NIELS KLIM'S NARRATIVE. [Illustration] [Illustration] NIELS KLIM'S JOURNEY UNDER THE GROUND; BEING A NARRATIVE OF HIS WONDERFUL DESCENT TO THE SUBTERRANEAN LANDS; TOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE SENSIBLE ANIMALS AND TREES INHABITING THE PLANET NAZAR AND THE FIRMAMENT. BY LOUIS HOLBERG. TRANSLATED FROM THE DANISH BY JOHN GIERLOW. WITH A SKETCH OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE. BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY SAXTON, PEIRCE & CO. NEW YORK: SAXTON & MILES. 1845. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1844, BY SAXTON, PEIRCE AND CO. in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. BUTTS, PRINTER, SCHOOL STREET. [Illustration] LIST OF PLATES. NIELS KLIM'S DESCENT TO THE PLANET NAZAR, 1 A CRIMINAL LED BY THREE WATCHMEN, 23 PRESENTATION OF NIELS KLIM AT THE COURT OF POTU, 29 A CITIZEN OF POTU LED IN TRIUMPH, 41 THE JUDGMENT OF A KING'S CHARACTER, PRONOUNCED BY A POTUAN COUNCIL, 48 A NEW FASHION INTRODUCED INTO MARTINIA, 99 [Illustration] [Illustration] INTRODUCTION.