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su ppo sed , five E nglish sailors w ho fell in the B attle

of C o p e n h ag e n , and w hose bodies w ere w ashed

ash o re a t th a t spot.

B u t the inscription on th e

stone gives no clue to th eir c o u n try : p ro b a b ly

"frie n d and foe sleep side b y sid e :”

GRAVM1NDE

OVER FEM

DEN ANDEN APRIL, 1801.

FALDENE

MENNESKER.

(Sepulchral Monument to F i\e Men who fell on the

Second of April, 1801).

A bo ut a m ile fu rth er on is

Bellevue

,

a large

inn, n e ar w hich comm ences the

Deer P a rk

(

Dyr

have).

A F a ir is h ere held in th e m o n th s o f

Ju n e and J u ly , on a plain a sh o rt distance w ithin

the p a rk g a te s, o rig in ally in stituted in h o n o r o f

Kirsten P i i l

,

a y oung p easan t g ir l, w ho som e

centuries back discovered a spring h a rd by, fam ous

in old tim es for its healing v ir tu e s , and w hose

n am e it still b ears.

T h e h a lt , th e la m e , an d the

lep rous have long since ceased to visit th is spot,

bu t the v o taries o f p leasu re a re m ore n um ero us

th an ever. On St. J o h n ’s E ve the w ood is thro n g ed

throu gho ut the night.

K lampenborg

, a H y d ro p ath ic E stablishm ent,

founded in 1 8 4 5 , is situ ate close to the e n tran ce