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Foreign Notices : — De?nnark. 



to display the humour of Swift and the pathos of Sterne, describes, with 

 much feeling, the desolate condition of Fredensborg : — " Even that beauti- 

 ful spot, the Norwegian Valley, a circular spot, on which sixty-five figures 

 of sandstone, representing the different costumes of Norway, are placed," he 

 says, " has felt the effects of neglect, in regard to the stone figures placed 

 there. Dancers with one leg, and fiddlers with one arm, may be seen. 

 Weeds and grass shoot up unmolested round Wiedewelt's masterpieces, and 

 every thing appears to be left to itself." 



Although the gardens have not been laid out in the English style, there 

 is something imposing about them, which surpasses all idea. From their 

 vast extent, and stiff yet majestic avenues, the tops of the trees .ippearing 

 to be lost in the clouds, they may be justly esteemed the principal gardens 

 in Denmark. A person who has not been there before, may easily lose hb 

 way, unless he has a guide. 



JcEgersboi-g Park displays the magnificence and beauty of Danish 

 forest scenery in the highest perfection. The red deer, here called down 

 deer, are of a far superior species to those in Windsor Forest, ot the 

 Duke of Bedford's park at Woburn Abbey. It is a truly majestic sight 

 when you meet with a herd of thirty or forty old stags grazing in some of 

 the solemn circular glades in Jaegersborg Park, where, from the closeness of 

 the wood, the light chiefly descends perpendicularly. The hinds with their 

 fawns, on the other hand, seek an extensive plain, in which stands a hunting- 

 seat, very improperly called the Hermitage, but now seldom used for its 

 original purpose. The house, from its lofty situation, commands a fine 

 view of the sea. But, as a building, it is scarcely worth inspecting, and is 

 now rapidly falling into decay. It will not indeed be missed in a park, of 

 which Mr. Coxe says, " It is perhaps the finest spot for the natural beauty 

 of the gentle waving grounds, and the richness of the wood ; and suffi- 

 ciently proves that the nobles may lay out their grounds equal to ours in 

 England, if they would trust more to nature, and less to art." 



M. Hauch, a gentleman of rank and science, has lately set a good 

 example in appreciating the beauties of this part of Zealand. He has in- 

 troduced a style of rural architecture, which gives the proprietor all the 

 benefits of a residence in the country without occasioning heavy and use- 

 less expense. Having cleared a considerable tract of land, which had 

 formerly been forest, in the vicinity of Esrom Lake {Jig- 15.), he allotted it 



in small divisions, to a great nimiber of cottagers. In an elevated part of 

 the estate he has built a two-storied dwelling, in a neat, unassuming style. 

 It possesses an extensive view of the country, and will itself form a most 

 interesting object, when the adjacent cottages shall wear that general 

 appearance of comfort and happiness, to which they are rapidly advanc- 

 ing under the auspices of this nobleman. 



At a sliort distance from his seat he has laid out a farm on the most 

 approved principles, where the neighbouring cottagers will derive the best 



