CopenhagenAndItsEnvirons

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

Large Stone

w hich m ark s the g rave o f , it is