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L ake. A n em inence, called Frue Biery, in the w ood on its opposite bank, affords a fine prospect over th e C attegat, S o u n d , an d C oast o f Sw eden; b u t still not to be com pared to the view from the W in d -m ill before m entioned. T h e road from F redensborg to E lsinore, (about 8 m iles), passes n ear Gurre, where, on the banks o f G u rre lake, am id som bre and rom antic scenery, a re the rem a in s o f an old c astle, the favorite re sid en c e, in the 14th. century, o f K ing V aldem ar A tterdag. Elsinore (flelsinyoer), containing 8 0 0 0 in­ h ab itan ts , is beautifully situated on the narrow est p a rt o f the S o u n d , opposite the Sw edish sea-p o rt tow n o f Helsinyhory} 3 m iles d is ta n t H o te ls : "H o te l d’G re -S u n d ,” and "H o te l du N o rd .” E lsin ore w as the b irth -p la ce o f S ax o -G ram - m a tic u s , a celebrated histo rian o f the tw elfth century. Kronbory, (C row n C astle), w as built by F re d e rik I I . , tow ard s the end o f the sixteenth century. It is a m agnificent, solid, and v e n era b le