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It was near eleven when we broke up, and asked for the reckoning, but our good host would not be prevailed upon to receive any re­ muneration. We left the cottage highly im­ pressed with this hospitality, and proceeded to Fredensborg, which we reached about twelve o’clock. The distance was scarcely two miles, but the night was uncommonly fine ; and as we have, in our island, no apprehension of robbers, we indulged the scene at our leisure. Fredensborg, situated on the Lake of Esrom, which is one of the largest in the island, forms a very considerable village. It is surrounded by woods, and from its exquisite situation has been adorned with a Royal Palace, which, though at present uninhabited, ranks with the more ele­ gant order of buildings. Its gardens are ex­ tremely beautiful; the lawn> abounding with figures from the heathen mythology, fronts the palace, and slopes down to the lake. But the most interesting spot is the Norwegian Dale, ornamented with a double circle of statues in Norwegian marble, which represent the various costumes of Norway. Nature and art seem to