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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
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