( a) 
Bavaria,) is also very productive. The rout ‘be- 
tween Heidelberg and D’Armstadt, called the Berg= 
strass, traverses one of the finest districts of Ger- 
many, and perhaps of Europe; where are seen ex- 
fensive vineyards, vast meadows and fertile fields, 
producing wheat, barley, tobacco, madder, rbhu- 
barb, turnips, &e: &e. In the year 1799, all the 
électoral possessions within the circle of Bavaria, 
contained 199,000 horses, 160,000 oxen, 465,000 
cows, 961,000 sheep, 320,000 hogs, and 378,000 
goats. Yet are the Bavarians, compared with the 
inhabitants of the north of Germany, halfa century 
in the rear. The people are extremely ignorant 
and fanatical: like the people of Rome and Lisbon, 
they sacrifice much time to processions and fetes, 
and like them also are slaves of the vilest appetites. 
Debauchery i is no wuare! more a —_ in Mu- 
nich.(1) 
Wurtemburg is ranked achitiget the most fertile 
and well cultivated countries of Germany. The 
mountainous parts produce potatoes, oats, hemp 
and flax; the less billy abound in wheat, spelts, rye, 
buckwheat, Indian corn and barley ; and in the val- 
lies we find tobacco, and madder, and vineyards, in 
which the grapes of France, Cyprus and Persia suc- 
ceed perfectly. | Apples, pears, &c. are of common 
product and of excellent quality.(2) 
XT. It has been justly remarked, that to know the 
state of husbandry in any country, you have but to 
nen ae pat bs 
(1) Geog. Math. &c. art. Bavaria. Compare the productiveness of Bavaris 
with England—the comparison | is in favor of the former, 
2) Idem, o 
