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a v i n g
visited the places o f m ost in terest w hich,
alth o u g h a t som e distance from the C apital, are
easy of a c c e s s, the traveller should now m ake a
to u r o f the p rettiest p a rts o f the country in the
m ore im m ediate vicinity of C openhagen.
P a ssin g through the E ast gate, the S tran d-road ,
dotted w ith p re tty V illas, (which, how ever n e ar the
ro a d , h av e a sum m erhouse or arb o u r still nearer,
no t u n freq u en tly bord ering a fetid ditch, — "S p ec -
tatum veniunt, v en iu n t spectentur u t ipsse” should
be th e D anish M o tto ), and the broad Sound on
th e rig h t, leads to
Chariottenlund,
four m iles from town, the
C ou ntry seat o f the L an d g rav e of H esse.
The
w ood a d jo in in g , in w hich are m any refreshm en t-
tents, is m uch reso rted to by the inhabitants o f
C openhagen.
B etw een C harlo ttenlu nd and the fishing-village
o f S k o v slio v e d , in the m iddle o f a field on the
rig h t h a n d , b o rdering the se a , m ay be seen
A
Large Stone
w hich m ark s the g rave o f , it is