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an inn, where the city of Copenhagen and the Sound burst on the view with fine effect. To the north lie the Cloth-works of B re d e , the Paper- Mills of Ny-Mølle and Ørholm , and the village of S ø lle rø d , amid Alpine scenery, although on a miniature scale. Returning, the traveller should cross westward to Dronninggaard, situate in wooded grounds on the Fure L a k e ; thence southward, to Frede- riksdcd , a romantic spot between the Fure and Bagsværd Lakes, a favorite resort of the Copen­ hageners. About two miles to the east is So r­ g e n f r i (Free from care), the favorite summer residence of the late King Christian VIII., and still used as such by his widow, the Queen Dowager Caroline Amalie. From Lyngby a cross-road leads, south-east, to Jcegersborg , where is a Recruit-School for the Hussars. In the neighbourhood of Jægersborg is the summer palace " Bernstorff j” once the residence of the well-known Minister of that nami , but, in later times, purchased and inhabited by Christian VIII. It is now the property of the State, and was rented, and used as a summer residence, by Sir Henry Watkin Williams Wynn, late British Minister at the Court of Copenhagen. Here the road divides, the one branch leading to Copenhagen by Ordrup and Chariottenlund,

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