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232, Particulars of the Brunfwick-fairs: 
thing elfe; and fome of them fend off 
above rooo cwt. principally to England, 
by way of Hamburg. A good deal like- 
wife goes to Weftphalia: the manufac- 
tures of Eberfield, in particular, are fup- 
plied from Brunfwick. A fmall quantity 
too is exported by way of Bremen to Spain 
and Portugal. ‘The neighbouring towns, 
Hildefheim and Wolfenbuttle, likewife 
carry on a confiderable trade with yarn: 
but Brunfwick is the chief ftaple- place for 
that article. ‘There is hardly a village in 
the whole of the adjacent country without 
a dealer, who buys the yar from the 
fpinners, and fells it again to the mer- 
chants in Brunfwick, and other towns. 
The price of this article is fubject to great 
fluftuations, which frequently occafions 
great diftrefs among the poorer clafs of pea- 
fants, who derive the chief part of their 
fubfiftence from what they earn by fpin- 
ning flax. The merchants of Brunf- 
wick and Hildefheim likewife derive confi- 
derable profit from their dealings in lin- 
feed, as all that is wanted for the fupply of 
Lower Saxony paffes through their hands. 
They import it chiefly into Lubeck, and 
a {mall quantity into Bremen. The Ri- 
ga linfeed is efteemed the beft ; but when 
a fuficient quantity cannot be obtained 
from that place, the deficiency is made up 
from Meme}, Pernau, and Konigfberg. 
‘Thofe who fpeculate much in this branch 
of trade are fometimes fubject to great 
Aoffes from the fiuétuation in the price, as 
the linfeed is purchafed in autumn, and 
not fold tillthe following fpring. From 
ten to twelve thoufand tous of-linfeed are 
annually imported. 
The corn-trade, which was fo brifk 
two years ago, has now almoft entirely 
difappeared. ‘The dearth then exifting in 
England filled the coffers of the Brunf- 
wickers, who fent large fupplies to this 
country by way of Hamburg. But this 
branch of their trade cannot again rile to 
fuch importance, as, by the incorporation 
of Hildefheim with the Pruifian mon- 
archy, they are fhut out from the princi- 
pal fource of it. 
The hops, which grow in the neigh- 
bourhood of Brunfwick, are of an excel- 
lent quality, and fometimes bring in large 
profits to the planters and dealers, efpe- 
cially when there is a fcarcity of that ar- 
ticle in England. Inthe years 1799 and 
1800, in confequence of the numerous ar- 
ders from this country, the price fuddenly 
rofe from twenty to eighty rix-dollars per 
cwt. But, in 1801, it again fell to fix- 
teen rix-dollars, as there was no demand 
‘for hops from abroad; but the planters 
- [Apribs, 
having received intelligence of the almok 
total failure of the laft year’s crops in Eng- 
Jand, they again raifed the price to feven- 
ty rix-dollars. Confiderable quantities of 
hops are likewife fent from Brunfwick to 
Bavaria, Swabia, and Franconia. The 
hop-trade is in the hands of a few long- 
eftablifhed houfes, the opulence of which, 
fumciently proves, that the hop-planta- 
tions ere as profitable to the Brunf{wickers, 
as the vineyards to their neighbours on the 
Rhine and Mofelle. 
But all thefe fources of opulence muft 
yield in importance to the fuccory roci. 
To this fubititute for coffee, which was for- 
merly held in little eftimation, many of the — 
firft commercial houfes of Brunfwick owe - 
their profperity. Two forts are manufac- 
tured :—the firft, being the cheapeft, is 
merely called fuccory-coffee. In preparing 
it, the roots are depurated from the groffer 
particles of dirt, without, however, wafh- 
ing them; and then they are dried, roaft- 
ed, and ground into a powder. For mak- 
ing the fecond fort, which is called Ger- 
man-coffee, the beft roots are felected and 
wafhed. The operation of drying and 
roalting is likewife performed with more 
care, and the powder is fprinkled with 
cinnamon-water. Both forts are fold in 
parcels, containing one-fourth and one- 
eighth of a pound; there is, however, the 
greateft demand for the cheapeft fort. 
Brunfwick carries on an extenfive trade 
with this production: the twenty manu- 
factories, which are eftablifhed in the city 
and environs, can hardly fupply enough | 
forthe orders that are daily arriving from 
every part of Germany. ‘The manufac- 
tory of a M. Bleibtreu alone furnihhes 
aboye 30,000 cwt. every year; and the 
other manufaétories in proportion. Ma- 
ny thoufand cwts. are fent to Lubeck to 
be thence exported to Sweden and Ruffia. 
In confequence of the fuccefs of the Brun 
wickers,manufactories of fuccory-root-cof- 
fee have been eftablifhed at other places, 
efpecially at Magdeburg, in the Pruffian 
dominions; but the preference is ftill 
given to that made at Brunfwick. 
Confiderable quantities of hams, fau- 
fagzes, and other fmoke-dried provifions, — 
are annually exported from Brunfwick. 
Hamburg and Bremen fupply Brunfwick 
with mof of the foreign commodities fold 
there ; and, during the.laft.war, the greateft 
part of the Englifh goods intended for the 
countries bordering on the Rhine pafied 
through the latter city; but, fince the 
peace, this: branch “of trade is again re- 
turned to its ufual channel, through Hol- 
land, whence the-goods are fent at a fmal- 
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