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onal vigour. This is corroborated by the Rev. Mr. Hoegh, in his excellent Treatise on esta­ blishing an improved System of Agriculture in Denmark. Having passed two very pleasant days at Hilleroed, we proceeded to Fredensborg, taking the road which winds along the remains of the beautiful oak wood, whose foliage once hid the village of Groenholt. The late king was extremely partial to the chase, and it was his custom to hunt the stag in this wood, par force , (as they term it in Denmark). At his death the stags diminished, the oaks disappeared, and the weary traveller seeks with difficulty a shelter from the scorch­ ing sun. The ploughman now traverses those paths where formerly the gaudy pageant passed; he turns up the glebe, roots out Lire remains of the fallen oak, and prepares the soil for agricul­ ture. Still we endeavour to shew our regret for the lost woods, by supplying new plantations, but the trees for twenty years to come will only maintain the appellation they have borne these