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let out lo private families.

A project is on

foot to convert it inlo a military school. Tlie Park is a inaslerpiece of landscapc- gardening. It was originally laid out in the stiff French style with terrasses and primly clipped hedges; bul, in the beginning of the present cenlury, was enlirely transformed lo whal il now is. It is of great extenl and seems even more extensive (lian it really is, from the art with which the walks wind through shadowy groves and over grassy wolds, along glittcring sheets of water where snowy swans arc tloating, over bridges from which are vistas of open country far away, and peeps of kiosks on bosky islands ncar al liand. From a rising ground,, callcd «Smallebakke» , tlicre is a fine view of the city with the sea in the distance. Glose to the palace, in thal part of the park which used lo he known as the Princess’ private garden, with ils entrance from the high-road, is the Zo o l o g i c a l Garden, a remarkable proof of what perseverance uniled with energy and abilily can accomplish, the founder and sole proprietor and manager, Dr. Kjærbøl l i ng, having, in spile of mueh passive resislance, succeeded by his own unaided exer- tions in establishing in his own country a Zoological garden thai can, even already, bear