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and sometimes through a variety of moorish and wild 

 ground, in which, we saw one or two deer. The 

 game-laws are very strict, and almost all the country 

 is monopolised by the Crown. We arrived at Hir- 

 scholm at three o'clock, and as we were past the hour 

 of dinner, we could only get cold things to eat. We 

 had very good light Khenish, which only cost three 

 marks and a half. The landlord talked good French, 

 and the inn was really a very good one. The village 

 is neatly scattered among trees and water. Near it 

 we passed the palace a fine building, with coppice 

 and gardens laid out by Queen Matilda, in the Eng- 

 lish taste. Near this lives Count Horn, the accom- 

 plice of Ankers troem : he is quite cut at Copenhagen, 

 and tried in vain to get into society at Elsinore. 



As we approached Copenhagen, the country got 

 more open. About four miles from it, we passed the 

 palace and fine gardens of Prince Carl. After a 

 heavy rain, came in sight of the town. Saw the 

 palace on the right ; at the gates underwent a most 

 strict examination of our ba^o-ao-e. The road comes 



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to a point before arriving at the gate, where the 

 different avenues break off, each planted with rows of 

 trees. The ramparts are large, but out of repair. 

 Coming to Roach's Hotel, in the Great Place, were 

 refused admittance. Same at Lubell's and Mil- 

 ler's ; with a laquais de place s assistance got into 

 Leoft's. All the people here ignorant of every lan- 

 guage but their own, except a child who had been 

 born in London. The landlady being at the play, 



