1804.) 
its length, which is not Jefs than fix yards 
of folding ; by the defigns delineated at 
the top of the pages, which are illumi- 
nated ; and by the materials of which it is 
made, which are noc lines, like the rolls of 
the Journal of Trevoux, of the Inftitute, 
and of Caylus, but the Papyrus, many 
leaves of which are put together, fome in 
recular order; and others as the rolls of 
Denon ; and, laftly, by the form of the 
characters, which are not thofe of a rur- 
ning hindwriting, but hieroglyyhics. 
The portions of the roll, that are filled 
wiih writing or pistures, are eigh: inches 
long. ‘This fine monument is in the pol- 
{:ffion of Monficur Cadet, dire&or of the 
peblic con ributions, I fulpeé that it 
was brought from Egypt by Povuffieique, 
the paymalter of the army. It has been 
unro'led and pafted'on filk by M. Cadet, 
who has affured me, thar it was in one 
piece, compofed of Jcavex joimed to ene 
another. He has fke:ch:d out miny of 
the figures, and propoles to open a fub- 
fc ipiion for engravings of them., We 
have long wifhed, but to this hour ‘in 
vain, that we could decypher hieroglyphi- 
cal writing; but indepsndently of the 
reading of hieroglyphics, the roll that I 
have deleribed, wili have its ufes. The 
defizns, which aie various, prefent the 
form cf maay infiruments in afe among 
the Exyptians, among others that of the. 
plough. 
Tne drefs of the men of Strafburg dees 
Not, in general, diticer from.thole of the 
i.terior of France. As to the women, 
thofe ef the common rank wear large 
whalebone ftays, a black cravat, the knot 
and ftrines of whien are on the bac« of 
the neck, a bomnet or cap of cither gold 
or filver, a cockade of rinbons above the 
forehead. We may judge of the numn- 
ber and value of th<fe caps by an inven. 
toiy of them which was laid before the 
popular fociety of Strafburg, at the be- 
gianing of the Convention, viz. 1061 caps 
ot gold, valu-d at 10,40 franks; 424 of 
filver.valued at 2.544 franks. The women 
a cove the c.mimon clafs have their gowns 
open, and difpote their head-Jrels according: 
to the directions of the Paris Journal, yet 
they do not drefs.after the parifian fyle. 
There are two principal walks near the 
gairs ofthe town, The Ruptborfbaut, or 
the Field of Rupert, bas almoft a fourth 
. part of it laid out in grand alleys, between 
wich meadows are incloled. The cther 
walk, nearer to the wills, is caled by 
fome the Contadin, from the Marthal cf 
C otades, who firtt formed it; by others 
~ Champ Moreau, the Field of Morgau, be-. 
Sketch of the State of Strafburg, by Camus. 
Slt 
caufé there is a plantation in memory of 
the battle of Hohenlinden, in which the 
army of the Rhine was victorious; and 
by tome it is named Hohenlinden, from 
the name of the battle rather than of the 
general. The preference to be given to 
one of thefe names above the other is not 
altogethey a matter of indifference in the 
literary focicties. It is a remarkable cir- 
cumftance, that the name of the battle, of 
which they were defirous to ix a memo- 
rial, agrees with the moft ancient name of 
the place, which was called in German 
Hohenlinden, that is to fay, in French 
Haut Tilleul, on account of an old and 
majeftic linden-tree, which ferved for a 
rallymmg point, and by the fingularity of 
its form attra€ted the attention of the 
traveller, 
Def-riptions of the buildings, the ftreets, 
and the churches of Strafburgh are to be 
met with every where. It is a convenient, 
commercial city. One may readily ob- 
tain. proper information concerning its 
cold ana hot baths. [ muft touch on its 
cathedral and the tower, 445 Paris fret 
high. The profpests which the town pre- 
fents, and the rich country which fur- 
rounds it, are eafily conceived. It is 
not fo eafy to form an idea of the 
immense workmanhip of this tower, 
lis ttone ornaments, are moft delicate, 
and a fingular richneis is difplayed in 
the conftruction. 
cafe, which it is d:fficult to carry up 
in the narrow limits of fuch a build. 
ing, there are four, one in each corner, 
leading from the bafe to the top. of the 
tower. At tie middle of the whole height 
we come toa wide platform, which ex- 
tends over part of the caurcn, and where 
are pidced guards to watch the fafety of 
the town. They are cbliged to walk 
frequently the platform, and if’ they per. 
ceive a fire, or any other difafler, they 
give netice of it by fignals. Yo fecure 
their vigilance, the found given every 
quarter of an hour by the bell of the 
clock, is repeated on another bell, by the 
biow of an hamm-r, which flrikes one of 
the guard. We are furprized to find on 
this platform a garden, tormed by boxes 
and po:s. The buslding ts prelerved with 
the greateft care. When any’ crevices. 
are feen between the foues they are tm- 
mediately filled up with folders of lead. 
The city of Strafburg has beneficent 
or charitable eftablithme:ts fuficient for 
the neceffitics of its inhabitants. Among. 
others it has an houle of induttry, the moit’ 
valuable inftitution of humanity, which 
we can well conceive. ‘The other princi- 
gu 2 pal 
Inftead of one fair. . 
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