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ENVIRONS OF COPENHAGEN.
Chap. XVII.
an admirably-executed statue of Frederic VI., the most
popular and most beloved monarch that ever sat on the
Danish throne. It is said to be an excellent likeness, in
the frock-coat, semi-military, in which he walked and
talked daily in that very locality—a residence he much
loved. The palace is well placed, and commands a
splendid view of Copenhagen and its environs.
Frederiksberg contains little to repay you for the trouble of
wandering through dismantled rooms, beyond a portrait
of the late Queen Dowager by Juel, and the full-length
of the Queen of Sweden, by I know not whom.
Whatever be the fate of Frederiksborg, be it inhabited again
by some future sovereign or converted into a public
museum, the government are wrong to allow it to fall
into decay. I was shocked to see the fine stucco ceilings,
gems of their kind, falling down from sheer neglect.
They can never be replaced, and are fine specimens of
the handiwork of an earlier century. The woods around
the palace are charming, even at this season. The
woodcutters were hard at work, thinning and carting
away the trees, near the little Norwegian hut and
bridge. There was life and freshness in the scene.
Frederiksberg was built by Frederic IV. when Prince
Boyal. The pheasantry and “ fauconnerie,” for which
the king received yearly supplies of birds from England,
from his uncle Prince George of Denmark, has long
since disappeared.
The environs of Copenhagen are beautiful; and the
drives to the Deer-park, where in summer-time a fair is
held, and the so-called Hermitage of Madalena, well repay
the trouble. Frederiksdal on the lake, and Lyngby, with
its palace of Sorgenfri, the residence of Her Majesty the
Queen Dowager; the forest of Jægersborg; Charlotten-
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