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north and fouth ; a ftrait two-edged fword 
an ell and a half long, ten ironarrow-heads, 
feveral gold leaves, two wrought golden 
rings, feveral bracelets fkilfully worked, 
and a harnefs of filvered copper. 
From a fketch of the city of Copen- 
hagen, which lately appeared in the Ger- 
man Mufeum, we learn that this city is 
25,200 feet in circumference, containing 
8c,000 inbabitants. - _It contains the prin- 
cipal fortrefsi of the country ; the fleet ; 
the marine arfenals ; the only univerfity in 
Denmark ; the bank; the fovereign tri- 
bunal; the principal academies; the only 
good theatrein Denmark ; a fuperb libra- 
yy 3 a veterinary {chool; a fchool for ca- 
dets in tne fea and land fervice; a mufeum 
containing a variety-of rare and curious ob- 
jects; a number of fuperb edifices, 
ftatues, and monuments of every kind. 
On the fide next the fea this city pre- 
fents itfclf in all its magnificence. It is 
perceived at thediftance of feveral miles. 
Nothing in the north equals the profpe& 
prefented by ‘the channel of the Sound ; 
which has Denmark on the right, Sweden 
on the left, and Copenhagen almott in front. 
The Gothic towers with which it abounds, 
and which from a diftance have a majettic 
appearance, engage and fix the attention 
of voyagers by the height of their fpires, 
as well as by the variety of the ornaments 
with which they are decorated. On. the 
coaft of Denmark, appears a continued 
fucceffion of rich plains, woods, mea- 
dows, {uperb manfions, neat villas, and 
pleafant gardens, adorned with all the or- 
naments of art, while the Swedifh fhore 
exhibits corn-lands, paftures, a moun- 
tainous and pitturefque coaft, and at 
Jength theifle of Hoeen, celebrated as con- 
taining the obfervatory of Tycho Brahe, 
Helfingoer (or Elfieur) with the fortref- 
fes of Crovenburg and Helfinburg, which 
appeartounite., As the vovager advances 
he feems to fail inthe midit of a Jake, but 
foon difcovers the fea, and the whole ex- 
tent of the plain of Copenhagen, its port 
filied with vefflels, and. its cultivated en- 
virons. “Lhree objects efpecially attraét 
the attention of the fpectater. The fir 
is the tower of the church of St. Saviour, 
which is afcended by a circular ftaircafe on 
the outfide, ornamented with a handfome 
baluttrade of brafs; the fecond; is the 
fteeple of the church of Notre Dame, re- 
markabie for its height; and the third, 
the oblervatory, which refembles a coloffal 
column. Foreigners, who in general have 
conceived a mean, idea of this metropolis, 
will be extremely furprized on walking 
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through the New-town. They will find 
broad ftraight fireets, well paved, foot- 
ways in excellent condition: handfome edi- 
fices, and every where the figns of wealth 
and magnificence ; numerous equipages, 
elegant liveries, a number of fervants, 
&c. refembling in effect the fquares or new 
ftreets at the-weft end of London. The 
garrifon in time of peace confifts of fix 
regiments of infantry, the foot-guard, 
the horfe-guard, a corps of artillery, two 
battalions of light-infantry, a corps of 
marines, and a fquadron of huflars, a-. 
mounting in the whole to aboui 10,000 
men; to which may be added the city-mi- 
litia, the chief officers of which are ap- 
pointed by the king, and the colonels and 
captains rank among the edicers of the 
army. The fortrefstof Fredericftadt, fup- 
ported on the other fide by the batteries of 
the arfenal, defends the entrance of the 
harbour, where there is befides another bat- 
tery,.-and where, in cafe of neceflity, a 
number of flat-bottomed veflels and float- 
ing-batteries may be ftationed. The ar- 
fenals are fituated at fome diftance from 
each other. M.Ramdohr fpeaks thus of 
them, ‘* We find (fays he) a number of 
{pacious edifices, fhips building, maga- 
zines, cranes, bridges, batteries, and 
finifhed veffels: there are 1600 carpen- 
ters and joiners only. In fine (fays he) 
after coming out of the arfenals and ma- 
gazines, if we would appreciate the hu- — 
man powers, and form an idea of the ge- 
nius of man, we muft go to Copenhagen — 
and furvey the arfenals, and the canals and 
bafins.”? The failors are lodged in barracks 
appropriated to them. ‘They contain 
about 6,000 fatlors, together with their 
families, and fome officers who maintain 
order. ‘ 
Scientific Information, contained ia a Let- 
ter. from General Menou, m Egypt, ta 
Bonaparte, Firft Conful of the French 
Republic, dated September 24, 1800.—~ 
Commerce revives here. I have kept 
up the connexion begun with the grand 
fheriff of Mecca; with the kings of Dar- 
futh and Dongola, at the fouth-weft of 
Egypt; with the emperor of Abyffinia, 
to the fouth; and I have written to feyeral 
Arabian princes in Lybia, Balud, Gered, 
and the country called Sudan watered by 
the Niger. | The caravans begin toarrive. 
They bring fiaves, gold-duft, elephant’s 
teeth, oftrich feathers, rhinoceros’ horns, 
medicinal drugs, gums, and many other . 
articles of an extenfive commerce. ‘The 
Arabs of Tor and Mount Sinai, as well as 
thofe of the countries fituated between 
Suez, 
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