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to ru n the b o a t’s nose a g ain st th e bank. A sailor, full o f hum o u r or o f liq u o r, p e rh ap s both, hailed his S overeign from the m iddle o f the crow d w ith, "B o a t a h o y ! shall I send a p ilot on board ?” T his w as too good a jo k e to be lost on the spectators, th o u g h a t the expense o f ro y a lty , and which led, so it w as said , to a discontinuance for a tim e of his M ajesty ’s cruises. F red erik sb erg P a lac e w as the head q u arters of the B ritish a rm y in 1807. O pposite to the c h ie f entrance to the palace from the R oeskilde ro a d lies the "Sondermark” a n o th e r m uch freq uented place of recreation. Roeskilde. T h e ro ad to Roeskilde is abou t the m o st uninteresting in th e is la n d ; but, as the jo u rn ey by ra ilw a y occupies som ew hat less th an an h o u r , h is no t o f so m uch consequence as w hen it too k fo ur h o u rs b y post. H o te l: "P rin d se n .” T h e tow n derives its nam e from Roe (more correctly //r o a r ) , a king, supposed to have reigned in the sixth c e n tu ry , and Rilde , a well or spring. In ancient tim es R oeskilde w as the C apital, an d residence of D enm ark ’s K in g s , num bering 27 churches, besides m onasteries, o f w hich the C athedral 10 *