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o f C onjurors, or the exploits o f J u g g le rs ; w hile a B a za r , R u ssian M oun tain s , C afes , R efreshm en t R oom s, &c., leave n o th in g w antin g in th e sh a p e o f diversions or attractio n s. T ow ard s the end o f sum m er v ario u s F estiv als a re celebrated w ith "V au x h a lls” and F irew o rk s. T h is place o f Am u se­ m en t is h eld in th e h ig h est estim ation b y the C o p e n h ag e n ers, and considered by them as one o f th eir g re atest "lio n s.”

The Hippodrome, in N ørregad e N r. 4 5 , o ffers, b y its large R iding - s c h o o l, exercise and diversion. Good saddle h o rses are let out on m oderate term s.

It is v e ry strik in g to m ost E n glish v isito rs th a t C openhagen, and D enm ark in general, is very am ply provided for in the w ay o f am u sem en ts; biff at the sam e tim e, th a t these are alm ost exclusively of a passive kind — a v a rie ty o f contrivances for p leasu rab le im pression s w ithou t eith er m ental or bodily exertion. S tran ge to s a y , m anly gam es in the open a ir are alm ost entirely unknow n in D en­ m ark. A lth o u g h the w aters offer p ecu liar ad vantages