110 Sketch of a Journey from Copenhagen to Hamburg. [Sept. 1, 
woed, to the left: the coup dail brought 
to my recolle€tion the fouth-eaft end of the 
Ifland of Fayal, ene of the Azores, of 
which it fruck meas an almoft exact re- 
femblance. 
From Apenrade, the road, for about a 
mile, runs aleng the fea-fhore, when it 
turns off to the right into the country, 
which is fertile and well-cultivated. Near 
the road, we faw a {mall church, with 
the fteeple about twenty yards from it ; I 
wifhed to try the quicknefs of our driver, 
and aecordingly Itoid him, that I fuppof- 
ed it had been blown off in a gale of 
wind, as it ftood rather awry :- to this, 
after taking his pipe from his mouth, and 
Jooking attentively at the church, he af- 
fented witha folemn nod. The itgnorance 
and ftupidity of the drivers of thele vehi- 
cles is remarkable; we could never get 
a iatisfactory anfwer to even the moft 
plain queftion: they are like that clafs of 
people in Ireland, and in fome parts of 
England (particularly in Norfolk and 
Suffulk), where itis extremely difficult for 
travellers to get-a direct anfwer to any en- 
quiry. 
The next flage is Flenfburg (diftant 
from Apenrade twenty miles) which we 
reached inthe evening. It is nearly fur- 
rounded with mountains on theland fide, 
and lies on a guiph which runs up from 
the Baltic, and is a good narbour for {mall 
veflels, being completely fheltered from 
the wind. “The town is well built, con- 
taining many fubftantial houfes, chiefly of 
red brick; the principal ftreet is broad 
and ftraight, and, upon the whole, it-has the 
appearance of having been formerly a town 
of fome confequence, but it has now no- 
thing remarkable or worthy the attention 
of atraveller. We flept here, and in the 
morning proceeded on our journey. 
From Fienfburg to Slefwick is twenty- 
two miles: the roads are in general fandy 
and very heavy, and gave us a prefentz- 
ment of what we were to expeét for nearly 
the remainder of cur journey. The vil- 
lage of Angelen lies between thefe towns, 
in the diftri€t of that name, from whence 
came the Eaft Angles, who, it is faid, 
gave the name toour country*. This vil- 
lage, as well as moit of the villages in this 
cevuntry, confilts of a few ftraggling houlest, 
* The Britons aiked their aid againft the 
Scots and Pitts, in confequence of which they 
c2me over in great numbers to this country, 
which now bears their name, e.g. Augle-terre, 
i. e. Angle-land, or England. 
+ Thofe who have been in Holland, and 
sematked the villages there, are apt to be 
or rather barns, which make a poor ap< 
pearance on the outfide, but are in general 
very comfortable and cleanly within. 
“We arrived at Slefwick about noon; 
but were previoufly obliged to go 
through the degrading ceremony (which | 
fortunately but feldom occurs in this 
country) of. being examined by the 
guard at the Caftle of Gottorp. This was 
the firft place at which we had been inter- 
rogated by a centinel, who, feeing us in 
an extra-poft wageon, gave himielf all the 
airs of aman of confequence; and after 
making a number of enquiries, which 
could anfwer no other end than to fhew 
his felf-importance, but which we were 
obliged to anfwer, he difcharged us with a 
fupercilious look, faying, in a furly tone 
(in German) “* You may pafs.” From 
Gottorp to Slelwick, the road is planted 
with a fine row of high trees, which have 
really a magnificent appearance: 
Slefwick (Dytch Schlefwig), which has 
the honour of giving the name to this pro- 
vince, is a very well built town, about a 
mile and a halt in length, lying in a fe- 
mi-circle on the Gulph of Sley. It is a 
completely ariftocratic, German city,which 
we were not long in difcovering. Old- 
fafhioned carriages, with tall men in tar- 
nifhed liveries, behind them, were driving 
up and down the ftreets; the inhabitants 
were ftiff in their drefs, and formal and 
ceremonious in their behaviour; in fact, - 
pomp and parade appear here to take 
place of that indu&ry and commercial inde- 
pendence which we kad with pleafure 
obferved in the other towns of this pro- 
vince. ‘The people of the inn were dif- 
guftingly inattentive to us becaufe- we 
had not an equipage and the appearance of 
noblemen; and on this account we found 
it-hardly poflible to procure accommoda- 
tions even for the fhort time which we 
Raid here. In this city they boaft that 
the German language is fpoken with as 
great accuracy as at Vienna; but it was 
perhaps fortunate for them, as it might 
fave their credit, that we could not criti- 
cife on the purity of their dition. This 
city has very little trade, as none but 
fmall boats can come up to it, the paflage 
of the Sley being long fince choaked up 
with mud and fand; before this event it 
was a flourifhing and populous place. It 
is now chiefly inhabited by the officers of — 
the caftle. and the poorer clafs, i.e. the 
faftidious, as perhaps none in the world can 
equal them for neatnefs, and, I may fay, ele~ 
gance;yet thefe have not that rural appearance 
which the. villages in England have, but look 
rather like towns in miniature. 
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