1605.] Aucuntof the Port of Tonn'ingtn^ by Mr. Nemnich 



Q03 



595 tons. Witli reea.'d to lalt year, iSo+, 

 the ini'pector of ilie cuftoiiis couUI give 

 \ns no intormation ; but Mr. Lexo.v 

 told me that the number of vcflVls now 

 belanging to this port is fuil fhirty, 

 th'.ugh not, inieed, all cf triein largt-lii^'S. 

 Mr. Ltxow owns ni;.e, of which, fix are 

 /liips, and two are Imall cnafting-vcfisls. 



This eentleman in i8oi begin to con- 

 ftriiit a coniiderable lbi|)-yard, near a pair 

 of flips, which is caiied a (hip-jard, by 

 Niemann. Mr. Lcxo^v has already built 

 a rtiip according to his o-^n ideas, called 

 the Speculator, and carrying fi:ty lafts of 

 wheat. When I was a: I'onniiigcii, be 

 believed her to be at Mog.K'or. 



Two years hcfcre, a ftiip-owner, named 

 Henning Duhr, launched a i'inali vrirtl of 

 eighty tons burden, called the juii^fcr 

 Ffidenka, of To;!ringen. 



The (h p yard a;.d flips are now nfcd 

 fcr repairing large (hips. But hcnceior- 

 ward no more will be btiilt, becault; the 

 price of labour is loo higii. 



Mr. Lexo V, the faifotum of To ningcn, 

 .has alio built a coiifiderabie niill tor ex- 

 Wailing rape oil. 



The hatttry of Vollerwyk, ferves as a 

 proteftion from defcents, enforces the 

 <)iiarantine regulations, and above ail de- 

 fends ihe mouth of the Eider. It was 

 created in iSoi, and is the outoi'^ft bat- 

 tery. 



Bcfides this there are 1*0 o;her batleries 

 Ln the neighbourhood of Tonningen, the 

 one erected in itoi, the other in 1805. 

 Their objcft is to prevfent enemies' fliips 

 from entering. 



The royal warehoiife, which is a very 

 large and rraflivi building' on a point of 

 ]ind near the h.Mbour, atfbrcis many iiiu 

 port.int advantages to ir.'df, as atl goods, 

 even contraband, are lodged there, as long 

 as m\y bedcfired, for a very finall rent. 



In general, howerer, lince the blockade 

 of the Elbe, the nicichanis are oblijjed to 

 make uieof cellars, Itabies, and other out- 

 houles, to Ifureilieir goods. 



I have alieady fpoken of the quaran- 

 tine riguldtiini of Slelwi k H Mein. 

 This code fontains, befidts the ufual or- 

 dinances, (bme, which are peculiar to 

 Tor.ningcn, and ihci'e only require to be 

 noticed here. 



The at langement of the Lazaretto is en- 

 tirely adapted to the place, and it is placed 

 under the luperintendcnce of the nioft re- 

 fpeflable iidiabitanis. A pajer in the 

 Hamburg Adrejs-comtoir - uacbrichUn of 

 1804, N:>. 7<;, in which this inliiintion 

 wat reprcfciiced in an erroneous poiiit cf 

 vicW; and which contained many wholly 



ujifounded alTertions, was contradi^ed iti 

 the next number cf the fame journal. Mr. 

 Lefler, its principal c^fhci r, has had this 

 goodnefs to communicate tu me the foi- 

 loAing particulars. The ofiicrrs who 

 were appointed in 1S03, are eight in 

 number : 



Chancellor and burgomafter LeiTer 5 



Couiilellor Noa ; 



Lieutenant at the barrier and n^erchant, 



Lexow ; 



Pi!ot-ini"peftor Brarens ; both as ptr- 

 fons conver(rtiit in maritime affairs j 



Phyfician, Dr. Berfmann ; 



Controller of ti.e cuttoms, Hanfon j 

 To whom were af-erwar. s added. 



Chamberlain Nimmels ; 



Sea-lieutenaiit Von Krieger. 



The^e are (wo guard-fiiip;, or vefTcls of 

 obfeivation, (talioned at Volierwyk, one 

 of which goes every ebb tide as far as the 

 K :l!er, and to the fixth buoy, to in^'et the 

 fliips that arrive. The o'her cruifes in 

 the neighbourhood of Vollerw)k« The 

 mafter of the former interrogates the (bip» 

 delcribed in pages 7 an J 10 of tne Qua- 

 rantincOriiinances, in tite words therein fet 

 forth. T'o thole which are entirely, free 

 from fufpicion, he gives a ticket with his 

 feal. 



Eveiy fliip which is thus permitted t» 

 proceed forward to Tonningen, n;uft furl 

 a (ail Egreed upon with the fccon i guard- 

 fliip, in order 10 (hew thnt flie has been 

 viiited and obtained permifiion to proceed. 

 But .^.s the outer guard-lhip, when a great 

 niiinrer of rtiips arrive lagetiier, may fut- 

 fer foine of them to pats wi;houc vititing, 

 the fecund guard-l],ip (;ff Vollcr'Ayk is in- 

 Ifruflcd to biing th; le to, which do not 

 fllew the appoinred lignnl, anii to obferve 

 whatever may not iuve been noticed by the 

 former guard-fliip. 



Ships, which arrive before Tonningen 

 with a billet properly lignrd, h.uft (liew 

 li to tlie guard-thip, anJ arct'nen permitted 

 to pal's by to ihe h.iibour, when they aie 

 to depolit the billet in the cuifoni-houfe. 

 Without this foraialay no (hip is fufFered 

 to pal's, or to be entered at die culloai- 

 houie. 



Such fliips as come from fufpeSled 

 Counti les or places, 01 whole cargo is fuf- 

 ptdied, mult he ac anch r, at Ko.ler, and 

 in the neighli'urhond of V'ollcrwyk, luuler 

 a cjuarantine flag, where they arc liibjedled 

 to ilic vifitatioii an I furchrr ordeis ot the 

 boaid if quarantine, according to the re« 

 gulations of the quaraniinc laws. 



The fliips tha: arrive, arc daily an- 

 nounced by meflcnt;crs trom the quaran- 

 tine-oveifeeis.togciherwittioiherincidents, 

 t-' c * which 



