£04 Account ofthfFort of Tonningin, by Mr. Nemnich, [OB.. I, 



which ought not to p^fs without their eX' 

 aminat'o-. The i pr-^lion of the qua- 

 rantine /ii'ps is perl' imed by two or the 

 board, 2nd, when rtquilite, by the phy- 

 ilcian aifu. 



At all the landr g places, whether at 

 Vollerwyk, S'. Ptter, Ording, or W-.fter- 

 hever, guards aie ported to prevent per- 

 funs from ianl'ng, and a pilot-boat cruifes 

 before the harbour in order to watch all 

 vefiels that attempt to erter. Upon the 

 river aifo is a lm:i!l royal cutter, bv whicii 

 the ccaflirg floops bound for Hamburgh, 

 are mr.de to bring to, and fliew tiuir 

 papers and the p-ifTiJons of ail ppfl'^ngers. 

 ^ This was the pra6^ice when 1 left Ton- 

 ringtn; but it w;<s expttHd, that, fcr 

 the turiher fecur'ty and proteciiou of (he 

 Eider, fome addiiicnal regulations thtn 

 in agiiaticn would be made. 



Excellent arc llie quartnilne laws of 

 Tontiingep, the executi'>n of them is at- 

 tenc'ed with infi.-iite trouble <o the afting 

 memberi of the board. The h\(\ eftcd vef- 

 frls are examined at a diftai ce cf ntar 

 three miles btlo^v the (own, and thi htr 

 the infpeftors are obliged to go and return 

 in all weather's. 



Add to th s, they makea po'h? ofdifl 

 patching the rectfiTary f rmalities req.:ired 

 by tl-.e quarantine laws as fpcedily as jnif- 

 fihle, to avoid clogging the wheels of com- 

 merce. 



When the blocknde of the Elbe cnm- 

 irienctd, and the commerce of H.imhurg 

 vvas thereby transferred to Totmngcn, 

 every <me imagined, that this ft:.te of 

 things would n&t be of long duration. At 

 that time the place was wholly urprovided 

 with accommodations for the reception, 

 ftorirg, and expedi'ing an enoimous quan- 

 tity ot goods. It W.1S deftiiute cfevtry 

 thing, nor were men willing to embaik in 

 very heavy expences f.)rpeihaps a momtn- 

 tary advantage. 1 he confignecs, to wl'.cm 

 thefe goods weie forward ri at Harr.burfi, 

 l-:udly comp^aiiedof thediforder, negleft, 

 snd wafte fuftained by theu- goods, and 

 the pilftring and deterioration of them 

 ri'iiiig heir tranfp' nation. Meanwhile 

 the blockade of the Eii-e became- daily 

 mere aid more fised, till at itrgih the 

 firpping-houfts in Tonningeii made en- 

 tiiely riew arrangements; nor did they 

 fpaie either labour or money to ficilirate 

 the tranfportaticn of goods, by judicious 

 iinprovtmtrts of the harbour, erefling 

 warehoufcs, ii.crearmg the number ot fmall 

 Cfaft, procuring cUvtr labourers, of which 

 I here had been a great fcarci;y, coopers, 

 •Vc. ^c. 



All this has been effected, by the pri- 

 vate individuals whom it concerned, out 

 of their own capiials, witlrout the leaft 

 afiii'ar.ce from any other quarter. On the 

 cot:tr?.ry, the ftiippers were almolt diftieart- 

 ene;) by the heavy drttie&they were obliged 

 to pay, and the increale both ■ f rtnts and 

 of the pRcc ' f piovifrons. M.-anw!iile, the 

 new icttlers asfli'pping-ho\'.('.s, loudly com. 

 plained of 'he envy of the cL.tr inhabi- 

 tants, and ihe innum^raHle i bftaclts they 

 raifed in the way ot ftr angers, 



It is eafy, "however, to goeCs how ill the 

 fliipp^ng-brrlin-fs would have been con- 

 duced, had it been left exiluhveiy to the 

 - iiiexptrier red natives ot Tinnrr.gen. 



After whit has here been (aid on the 

 increaied price of rens, a few inftance* 

 may prove n. t unacceptable. MefTrs, 

 Ciaulien and Co. pay f ra fmall h<.ufe, two 

 tlinufard rix dollars per annum ; Mr. 

 William Grab-u p'ys fifteen hundred rix 

 dcllais for a few bad apartments, and lo 

 forth. Secondly, fs to \' t tiiihrungsfieutr, 

 rr p;ovifi;;n-tax, which every inh.bitant 

 that can iesm any trade, pays tothetrta- 

 fury cf the ci'y, Meflj s. ClaufTtn and Co. 

 pay two thouland rix dollars per annrim; 

 Mr , Ltxow, twelve hunJied ; \Ir. Teiei.s, 

 frx hundred, r-nd fo on, lor this tax, as 

 fViippers, alter the rate ot three per cent 

 o;i rheirgrofi prcfils. Yet, notwitliftand, 

 ing this ample income, the city, owing to 

 caufes whrch are foreign to our prele^'t 

 purp fc, has not become richer than be- 

 fore. I cannot, however, omit to notice, 

 that the txpence of quartering the tr<.ops 

 r.eceir.iry for the public fecirrity, amounts 

 annually to about ten thculand rix dol- 

 lars. 



The number of (liipping-houfes at Ton- 

 ningen, is at prefent CGm^.uted to exceed 

 thirty, among whom, I have bei-n inform- 

 ed, the following hold the firil rank : 



Bol'renberg, from Ahona ; 



Clairffcn and Co. from Hamburg; 



Donner and Co. from Ahona ; 



F.lluman and -Co. from Hamburg; 



^Frltlch and Co. from Lunenburg j 



Gottig and Nifl'cn, from'Heide; 



Wm. Grabau, from Hamburg j 



M. E. Haak and Co. of Tonningen j 



H. Hanken, of ditto, 



Jebens and Co. fromFridrlchsftadt ; 



Ji ch. Lexow, of ronnirgen ; 



G.K. Luring and Co. from Hnmburgj 



Wm. Martins, of Tonningen ; 



Mnller and Co. from Hamburg ; 



D. H. Noa, of Tonningen ; 



Otte and Co. fr-om Hamburg ; 



J. H, Schmidt and Co. of Tonningen ; 

 Wm,. 



