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an in n , w here the city o f C openhagen and the

S ound b u rst on the view w ith fine effect.

T o the

north lie the C loth-w o rks o f

B re d e

,

the P a p e r-

M ills of

Ny-Mølle

and

Ørholm

,

an d the village

o f

S ø lle rø d ,

am id A lpine scenery, a lth o u g h on a

m in iatu re scale.

R eturning, the trav e lle r should cross w estw ard

to

Dronninggaard,

situ ate in wooded g rou nds on

the

Fure L a k e

;

thence s o u th w a rd , to

Frede-

riksdcd

,

a rom antic spot betw een the F u re and

B ag svæ rd

L a k e s, a fav orite re so rt o f the C open­

hag eners.

A b o u t two m iles to the east is

So r­

g e n f r i

(F ree from care), the favorite sum m er

residence

o f the late K ing C hristian V I I I ., an d

still used as such by his w idow , the Q ueen D ow ag er

C aroline Am alie.

F rom

Lyngby

a cro ss-ro a d leads, so u th -e ast,

to

Jcegersborg

, w h ere is a R ecru it-S ch o o l for the

H u ssa rs.

In the n eig h b ourho od o f Jæ g e rsb o rg is

the sum m er palace "

Bernstorff

j ” once the residence

o f the w ell-k now n M inister of th a t n am i , but, in

later tim e s, p urchased and inhabited by C hristian

V III.

It

is now the p ro p e rty o f the S tate, and

w as re n te d , and used as a sum m er residence, by

Sir H enry W a tk in W illiam s W y n n , late B ritish

M inister a t the C ourt o f Copenhagen.

H ere the road divides, the one branch leading

to C openhagen by

Ordrup

and

Chariottenlund,