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Je&gerspriis (the S p o rtsm an ’s prize) situate on a finely w ooded isth m u s, w as a favorite re so rt o f K ing C h ristian V . , w ho w as m uch d evoted to field-sports. In the g rove stand n um erous sm all m onum ents o f N orw egian m a r b le , erected in ho n o r o f D an es, N o rw e g ia n s, an d H olsteiners, w ho w ere considered as benefactors and orn am ents of th eir c o u n try : they a re sim p le, an d m erely b e ar th e n am es o f th e p erso n s to w hose m em ory th ey are raised. T h a t to Tycho Brahe is a sm all sq u are pillar su r­ m o u n ted by a g lo b e : Holberg, Griffenfeld; P. A . B e r n s t o f f h ere also hold a p lace. T h e m o­ n um en t to Peter Vessel, (a N o rw eg ian , and the N elson o f D enm ark, raised to nobility b y the title o f 'Tordcnskiold , o r , Thunder-shield ) is o f po lished D an ish g r a n ite , the orig in al one h av in g fallen u n der th e h and o f tim e. L u th e r , th ough n o t a D a n e , h a s here a m o n um e n t, an obelisk surm o unted by a gilded s ta r, restin g on a rock- sliaped pedestal. A bove the nam e is th e inscription, D an. C hap. 12. V er. 3 .; and on the pedestal, M atth. C hap. 16. V er. 18. A m onum ent to the G erm an R efo rm er m ay be accounted for in th a t the L ex R egia obliges the Sovereigns o f D enm ark to be p ro fesso rs o f the Confessio Auyustana lnvariata. N ear to L u th e r’s m onum ent is th a t o f one of his m ost zealous follow ers, Hans Eyede, the first