ANHOLT, a Danish island in the Cattegat, 32 miles north-east of Greenæ, and 36 south-east from Lessee. It is a barren spot, scarcely affording subsistence to 200 inhabitants, who, from their language, which is Celtic mixed with a few Danish words, are supposed to be emigrants from the Highlands of Scotland. Their chief pursuit is fishing. The occupation of this island was a subject of contest with England during the war. It is surrounded by dangerous banks of sand, for which reason a lighthouse is built on its most easterly promontory, in Lat. 56. 44. 20. N. Long. 11. 38. 51. E.
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