CopenhagenAndItsEnvirons_A

146

"Sommerlyst ” "w ith all appliances and m eans to boot” for the en tertainm ent o f th e m ultitude. F rom the end o f the Allde a large circular sp a c e, serv ing as a sta n d in g -p la c e for carriages, conducts th ro u g h a n a rro w p assag e to the Gardens o f F red erik sb erg P alace. T hese g ard en s, w ith their canals and b rid g es, are laid out w ith m uch taste, and are a v ery fav o rite re so rt of the in h ab itan ts of C openhagen. F rom the highest p o in t, called " Smalleba.kke” n e a r the palace, is a fine view o f the city, which, w ith the Sound in the background, form s a delightful panoram a. Frederiksberg Palace, w hich is in the later Italian s ty le , w as built by Frederik 1V . ; from w hose tim e to the accession o f C hristian V III., it w as the constant sum m er residence o f th e R oyal fam ily, b u t m ore p a rticu la rly the favorite abode of F red erik V I. It is now the p ro p e rty o f the S tate, and p a rt o f (he building is alread y let out to p riv ate fam ilies. It w as a custom of F red erik the Sixth, w ith the m em bers o f th e R oyal fa m ily , to take a boat excursion on the C a n al, w hich in p a rts is v ery n a rro w , every S un d ay evening w hen the gardens w ere crow ded — indeed this custom o f the K ing’s w as one m ain reaso n of their being so. A story is told th a t, on one of these m em orable occasions, h is M ajesty, w ho w as his ow n coxsw ain, m anaged