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fee Sail again with a brisk N. E. Wind for England, 
and fcarce were v/e out of the Mouth of the Elbe, but 
we got Sight of a certain fniall Hie, belonging to the 
Duke of Holjisin Gottorp, called the Holy Land, which as 
it is very high, fo it is a fafe Diredlion for Ships, efpeci- 
ally thofe that come from Sea, without which they would 
be often at a Lofs from the Lownefs of the Shoar near that 
River’s Mouth. This Hand, which is veryfmall, is reputed 
to have about 2000 Inhabitants, who live for the moft 
Part upon Fifhing, and by carrying Lobfters and 
other Sea-fifh to Hamburgh, London, and §ueenborough. 
We chofe the main Sea that Night, but the next Day 
made nearer to the Shoar, and fail’d in Sight of Arne- 
landt and Schelling •, and in the Evening difeovered the 
Lights at the Vly and Lexel. The next Day, having a 
fair Wind, we took down our Sails in the Evening, for 
Fear of coming too near the Englijh Shoar in the 
Night-time, and next Morning difeovered the North- 
foreland, came the fame Day to an Anchor in Margaret 
Road, and came as fafely afhoar on Chriflmas Day. 
Now I muft confefs, that after I had taken fo full 
a View of Germany, I found it quite different from the 
Conceptions I had formed of it myfelf. For to fpeak 
firft of its Rivers, they are fo noble and great, that they 
excel thofe of Italy and France, it being certain that the 
Po, the Arno, Garigliano, and other Rivers of Italy, bear 
not the leaft Proportion to them j and though France 
has four great Rivers, viz. The Loire, the Seine, the 
Rhofne, Garonne, as well as Germany has the Danube, 
the Rhine, the Elbe, and the Wefer, yet has France 
none that can come in Comparifon with the Danube and 
Rhine. ’Tis true, France has many fine Cities and Sea- 
ports, yet they do not come up in Number to thofe 
in Germany, and I much queftion, whether it has any 
Places that exceed Hamburgh, Lubeck, Dantzick, Bremen, 
&c. Befides which, the whole Country is full of po- 
pulous Towns, great Villages, ftrong Caftjes, Seats of 
Perfons of Quality, delicious Plants, Forefts, and plea- 
fant Woods. Nay, Germany affords even under Ground 
Mines of Gold, Silver, Copper, Iron, Tin, Lead, 
Quick-Silver, Antimony, Coal, Salt, Sulphur, Cad- 
mia, and is full of the belt Artificers to work in 
them. Add to this the eafy Converfation of the Peo- 
ple, who are great Lovers of Strangers, and honefl in 
their Dealings : The Women are generally well com- 
plexioned, of a fober Behaviour, faithful to their Hus- 
bands, and good Houfe Wives. 
Befides that, Germany affords an inexhauftible Stock of 
Men, the People being naturally fruitful, not exhaufted 
by long Sea Voyages and Engagements *, and by Co- 
lonies fent into far diftant Countries *, the only Con- 
fumption of Men being in the Wars j and if they have 
none at Home, they will feek for them Abroad, being 
generally inclined to martial Exploits *, and their Perfons 
of Quality are always averfe to Trade. To conclude, when 
I confider the prefent Condition of Gerinany, their great 
and populous Cities, with the Strength of their Fortifi- 
cations, the vaft Number of their magnificent Strug- 
tures, publick and private, and their civilized Man- 
ner of living in them, and compare all this with 
the Character Tacitus gives of the ancient Germans, 
That they lived poorly, fcattered, without Towns or 
Villages, ignorant of Arts, and fuch like, I cannot but ^ 
be pleafed with the Expreffion of a certain learned Per- 
fon, tho* long ago, upon this Subjedf, That if Ariovijius 
and the other great Men of Germany of thofe Times, 
fhould rife out of their Graves, and take a full View of 
their Native Soil, they would fancy themfelves to be 
in another World, and never acknowledge this for their 
own Country, 
s E c T I O N II. 
A Defeription of the noble Kingdom of Hungary, in which its various 
Prerogatives and many Excellencies are pointed outj the Nature of the 
Country, its various and admirable Produdhons, the Difpolition of 
the People, their Language, Manners and Cuftoms are, from the 
Knowledge of the Writer, clearly and copioufly let forth; inter- 
fperfed with a Variety of Geographical, Hiftorical, Phyfical, Political 
and Literary Remarks, upon various Subjects. 
By tne learned Dr. Edward Browne, Prelldent of the Royal College of 
Phyficians. 
I. An IntrodtiUion, ntikb feme Account of the Author's Defgn in this Treatife. fhe Climate and Soil of 
flungary deferibed. ‘ihe famous Rivers by which this Kingdom is watered. 2. Of the Jeveral Bridges 
that render this Country famous, particularly the admirable Bridge of Effeck, the intended Bridge of 
King Sigifmond, and the Ruins of that built by the Emperor Adrian. 3. Of the Iflands in, and Fleets 
upon the Danube ; cn afo of the famous Lakes in Hungary. 4. Of the large Plains in this Country, and 
how^ they facilitate Travelling, 5. Of the vaft ^antities of all Sorts of Fijh, and of fime Species pe- 
ctihar to the Danube. 6. Fhe prodigious Fertility of the Country deferibed, and of the Excellency of its 
Wines, Bread, Beef, &c. 7. Of the Language of Hungary, and of the adjacent Provinces, fhe ge-* 
neral Knowledge the People have of Latin. Lhe State of Learning there. 8. An Accoun* of the old 
Hungarian Crown, the vaft Veneration the People have for it. The Martial Difpoftion evt.i of their 
Ecclefafticks. The Tomb and Epitaph of the Roqian Poet Ovid. 9. The Pyrrhic Dance fill under food 
and praHi fed by Hey dukes. The State of^ Hungary at the Time of the Author s being there. Ac- 
count^ of ^ the Frontier towards the Turks, it then flood. 10. Of the Roman Stations, Garrifons and 
Antiquities of this Country. \i. A curious Account of a prodigious Treafure of ancient Greek Medals 
found at Deva, with Remarks upon fome Roman Medals that have been alfo found in this Country. 
12. Of the Habits and Arms of the Hungarians, and the Reafons why they have been imitated by the 
neighbouring Nations. 13. A fuccinSl Account of Tranfilvania by another Hand. ' ' ' 
I.' As 
