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In the evening, a ball was given in honour of chap. 
the Jlrchdiihes, by the citizens. Here they again l 
appeared, in the uniform of the mines; and gave 
great satisfaction, by their general condescen- 
sion, and by the ease and affability with which 
they conducted themselves. The Archduke 
jinton gave us an account of the mines of NewsohP; 
and told us of a cataract well worth seeing, at Cataract 
. near Xeu 
the distance oi Jive hours from JSewsohl, which soui. 
he had visited. His Highness described it as 
the fall of river, which, in the first moment of 
its descent, is divided into seven parts ; causing 
altogether a very magnificent cascade. Upon 
German; and lastly, the Latin- The town is built likeilfoicow. Owing 
to the number oi gardens that intervene between the buildings, it covers 
a great extent of ground, in proportion to its size j the houses standing like 
so many separate villas : and a person, paying visits, has sometimes quite 
a journey to make, in going from one dwelling to another." Cripps's MS. 
Journal. 
(2) At Newsohl are copiier-mines. It is a pretty town, situate upon 
the river Grnn. There is here a ^ower worth seeing: and the citadel 
merits observation, owing to the curiosity it contains of a church entirely 
covered with copper, wherein are many beautiful figures carved in wood, 
and some relics. Its bridge is also noticed as being remarkable, on 
account of a fine building erected for stopping timber that is floated 
down the Gran, from the country higher up the river, to supply the 
works in the mines. The brave Count Charles de Bucquot/, Knight of 
the Golden Fleece, and General of the Imperial army, fell, covered with 
■wounds, at the siege of Newsohl, in 1621, after taking the towns of 
Presburg, Tyrnaw, Altemberg, and some others. " Le Rw/aume de la 
Hongrie," j). 35. Cologne, 1686. 
