of the park is open to the public.

Immediately outside the water-gate stands an obelisk, remarkable neither
for its beauty nor for the skill displayed in its erection, for it
consists of various stones, and is not high, but interesting from the
circumstance to which it owes its origin. It was erected by his grateful
subjects in memory of the late king Christian VII., to commemorate the
abolition of feudal service. Surely no feeling person can contemplate
without joyful emotion a monument like this.

I have here given a faithful account of what I saw during my short stay
at Copenhagen. It only remains for me to describe a few peculiar customs
of the people, and so I will begin as it were at the end, with the burial
of the dead. In Denmark, as in fact in the whole of Scandinavia, not
excepting Iceland, it is customary not to bury the dead until eight or
ten days have elapsed. In winter-time this is not of so much
consequence, but in summer it is far from healthy for those under the
same roof with the corpse. I was present at Copenhagen at the funeral of
Dr. Brandis, physician to the king. Two of the king's carriages and a
number of private equipages attended. Nearly all these were empty, and
the servants walked beside them. Among the mourners I did not notice a
single woman; I supposed that this was only the case at the funerals of
gentlemen, but on inquiry I found that the same rule is observed at the
burial of women. This consideration for the weaker sex is carried so
far, that on the day of the funeral no woman may be seen in the house of
mourning. The mourners assemble in the house of the deceased, and
partake of cold refreshments. At the conclusion of the ceremony they are
again regaled. What particularly pleased me in Copenhagen was, that I
never on any occasion saw beggars, or even such miserably clad people as
are found only too frequently in our great cities. Here there are no
doubt poor people, as there are such every where else in the world, but
one does not see them beg. I cannot help mentioning an arrangement which
certainly deserves to be universally carried out;--I mean, the setting
apart of many large houses, partly belonging to the royal family, partly
to rich private people or to companies, for the reception of poor people,
who are here lodged at a much cheaper rate than is possible in ordinary
dwellings.

The costumes of the peasants did not particularly please me. The women
wear dre