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"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