GERMANY. «3r 



is of considerable size, but of a dark and dull appearance, and con- 

 tains 22,000 inhabitants. It is remarkable for an ancient bridge of 

 fifteen arches over the Danube, in length 350 yards. It was lately a 

 free imperial city, but is now the capital of the principality of Ratis- 

 bon, part of the territory of the new elector arch-chancellor. 



Augsburg is still a free imperial city, and the largest and most 

 ancient in Swabia. It is situate between the rivers Lech and Wertach, 

 which unite in its environs, and flow to the Danube. It was once a 

 place of considerable trade, and is said to be nine miles in circuit : at 

 present it contains only about 36,000 inhabitants. 



Frankfort on the Maine, so called to distinguish it from another of 

 the same name on the Oder, is situated in a healthy, fertile, and de- 

 lightful country on the river just mentioned, by which it is divided 

 into two parts, distinguished by the names of Frankfort and Saxen- 

 hausen. The former of these, being the largest, is divided into twelve 

 wards, and the latter into two ; and both are computed to contain about 

 three thousand houses. The fortifications, which are both regular 

 and solid, form a decagon, or figure consisting of ten bastions, faced 

 with hewn stone ; the ditches are deep, and filled with fresh water ; 

 and all the out-works are placed before the gates. Frankfort is the 

 usual place of the election and coronation of the kings of the Romans, 

 and is also a free and imperial city. It is of a circular form, without 

 any suburbs ; but the streets are generally narrow, and the houses are 

 mostly built of timber and plaister, and covered with slate ; though 

 there are some handsome private structures, of a kind of red marble, 

 that deserve the name of palaces ; as the buildings called the Com- 

 pestel and Fronhof, the Triershof, the Cullenhof, the German-house, 

 an august edifice, situated near the bridge over the Maine, the Hesse 

 Darmstadthof, the palace of the prince de la Tour, and the houses of 

 the counts of Solms, Schauenburg, and Schonborn. There are like- 

 wise three principal squat^es. 



The imperial city of Hamburg is situate on the Elbe at the conflux 

 of the rivers Alster and Bille. The houses are in general high ; the 

 streets irregular and narrow. There are many canals which run 

 through the city, and there are 84 bridges over them. The fortifi- 

 cations are strong, in the old Dutch style, with great ditches, and 

 walls of such thickness, that several carriages can drive abreast on. 

 the ramparts, which are planted with rows of trees. Though the 

 city is nearly 70 miles from the sea, the Elbe is here between four 

 and five miles broad. Hamburg contains above 120,000 inhabitants. 

 It has long been the most commercial city in Germany. 



Commerce and manufactures. ...Germany has vast advantages 

 in point of commerce, from its situation in the heart of Europe, and 

 being intersected, as it were, with great rivers. Its native materials 

 for commerce, besides mines and minerals, are hemp, hops, flax, 

 anise, cumin, tobacco, saffron, madder, truffles, variety of excellent 

 roots and potherbs, and fine fruits, equal to those of France and Italy. 

 Germany exports to other countries, corn, tobacco, horses, lean cat- 

 tle, butter, cheese, honey, wax, wines, linen and woollen yarn, rib- 

 bands, silk and cotton stuffs, toys, turnery wares in wood, metals, and 

 ivory, goat-skins, wool, timber both for ship building and houses, can- 

 non and bullets, bombs and bomb shells, iron plates and stoves, tin- 

 ned plates, steel work, copper, brass wire, porcelain, the finest upon 

 earth, earthen ware, glasses, mirrors, hogs' bristles, mum, beer, tartar, 

 smalt, zaffcr, Prussian blue, printers' ink, and many other articles. 



