1801.) Sketch of a Fourney from Copenhagen ta Hamburg. 
attendants on the court, and the attendants 
on them. It contains about 5000 inhabi- 
tants. 
Proceeding on our’ journey, we went 
back to the Caftle of Gottorp, the grounds 
about which are extremely well laid out ; 
our driver, being perhaps connected with 
fome of the domeftics, wifhed us ‘to fee 
the Caftle ; but this we declined. It is 
furrounded with a ditch, and is a large, 
gloomy, proud-looking manfion, which 
appearance well fuits with the charater of 
the prefent pofleffor—the Prince Charles 
of Hefle Caffel, who is Governor of Slef- 
wick and Holftein, and Commander in 
Chief of his Danifh Majefty’s Troops in 
thefe Proyinces. Heis, I am informed, 
almoft univerfally difliked, for his proud, 
overbearing deportment, and the con- 
tempt in which he holds perfons who are 
in inferior fituations, particularly the 
lower orders of fociety*.. From Gottorp 
to Rend{fburg is feventeen miles, through 
a country abounding with heavy fands, 
where, if land-marks were not fet up in 
the wafte to direct the traveller, the half- 
formed roads would not have enabled our 
driver to difcover the route, and we might 
probably have wandered about for many 
hours. This extenfive tract is covered 
with fand (except here and there a fmall 
fpot of rank grafs) for many miles ; and 
we fought in vain for the agreeable and 
enlivening profpect of agricultural induf- 
try, with which we had hitherto been much 
delighted. At length, after a moft difa- 
greeable and wearifome journey, we reach- 
ed Rendfburg, and paffed through the gates 
without being molefted by the centinel, 
which we accounted for by its being gar- 
rifoned by Danifh troops ; indeed the 
commandant behaved with much attention 
and politenefs, as he not only ordered the 
gates to be kept open two hours later than 
ufual to accommodate us, but on our fend- 
* An anecdote is told of this Prince, 
which, if true, is highly illuftrative of his 
pride and ignorance. His daughter, who is 
very amiable in her manners is (as formerly 
mentioned) married to the Crown-prince o 
Denmark ; previous to which event, during 
her refidence at Gottorp, fhe was kept almott 
in ftri€t confinement by her father, who 
never fuffered her to move out, except ina 
arriage, as he faid §* the ground was not good 
enough for ber to walk upon.’ This would 
hardly be believed but by thofe who are ac- 
quainted with the characters of petty 
German princes. The ludicrous ftory of ** the 
Old Grey Afs,” as lately related (July, 1807) 
in the London newfpapers, is particularly ap- 
plicable, 
{it 
ing him our names, with thanks for his 
civility, he requeiled, if we remained in 
the town till the morning, that we would 
favour him with our company to breakfaft. 
Rendjourg is the frontier town in Hol- 
ftein ; it is regularly built, and its” forti- 
fications are the beft of any in the Danith 
domintons. Jt lies on a canal, which runs 
from the Baltic. This is a work of great 
commercial importance, and deferves par- 
ticular notice. It commences three miles 
north of Kiel, and forms the prefent 
boundary of Holftein and Slefwick. The 
diftance, from its commencement to the 
laft fluice, at Rendfburg, is 27 miles ; by if 
fhips of 120 to 140 tons can come up to 
this town from the Baltic. itis intended 
that this canal, which was begun'in 1777, 
fhall extend acrofs the whole penimfula ; 
the utility of which will be fully eftimated 
by thofe who are acquainted with the 
great importance of inland navigation, in 
~ facilitating mercantile intercourfe, which 
fometimes tends to civilife thofe countries 
through which its influence | extends*. 
Rendfburg is a place of fome trade, and 
contains about 2300 inhabitants, includ- 
ing the garrifon. 
The direct road from hence to Hamburg, 
which is diftant eighty miles, is through 
the towns of Netiminfler and Bramfede ; 
but, as bufinefs called me te Gluckftadr, 
we took the road to that place. 
tended to proceed on to Remmels, a {mall 
village about fifteen miles from Rendf- 
burg, the fame night, but therain difcon- 
certed our plan, and we were glad to pro- 
cure beds at the firft place we reached on 
the road, which was afarm-houfe. We 
drove into the middle of the houfe, or 
rather barn, for fo it appeared, as it con- 
tained the hay and corn; and, as the 
weather was unfavourable, was alfo occu- 
pied by the cattle and all the live ftock 
which the farmer polfefled. Thefe barns 
are very {pacious ; the rooms for domettic 
purpofes are on each fide. We found this 
to be a good fpecimen of the farm houfes 
in Holftein: the rooms and beds were re- 
markably neat and clean, and the whole 
of the family, which confifted of the far- 
mer, his wife, and feven or eight grown-up 
fons and daughters, appeared to be honeft, 
induftrious, good-humoured, attentive to 
each other, and particularly fo to ftrangers. 
Sylvefier-row, ROBERT STEVENS. 
Hackiey. 
~- + (Tobe continued.) 
* Tam forry to obferve, that daily obfer-. 
vation teaches us that this is not a/qways the 
cafe, 
To 
We in-- 
