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fuppofe it a capital of fome democratical 
canton of Switzerland. In fome parts 
you would doubt whether you were 
within the precin&ts of a town; hardly 
any thing being to be feen but rural 
groupes, lands.-and orchards adjuining, 
or feparated, it may be, by -an alley, 
which contains only buildings, on one 
fide, and on the other, rufti¢ objects fo 
interfperfed, that we can no longer dif- 
cern buildings. This’ capital, however, 
contains one very lone itreet, which. 
-compofes almoft the whole town; but in 
this very ftreet many houfes are com- 
pleatly feparated from the others, and 
have no otherdimits but a court and a 
garden. ‘Thefe houfes have, at the fame 
time, a very ruval afpe&t ; moft of them 
are very fal, and have but one ftory— 
and fometimes they confift of only a 
ground floor. The greater part are built 
of wood ‘and of bricks, which does not 
prevent the effe&t from being very chear- 
ful and gay; this refults from the neat- 
nefS of the inhabitants, and the cufom 
they have of painting them. The glafs 
windows are fo neat, fo well pelifhed and 
fo tranfparent, that the author tells us 
he fancied himéelf, all on a fudden, tranf- 
ported, ‘fometimes into England, and 
fometimes into Holland. 
Slelwick extends in length at leaft 
half a mile; but, after what has been 
- daid of it, it may be readily conceived 
that its population cannot be confiderable. 
In the winter feaion here is a concourfe 
ef the noblefie—and it fares the better 
for being the refidence of Prince Charles 
of Hefle, in his quality of Stadtholder of 
the Duchies of Holftein and of Slefwick. 
Here is a tolerable fort of theatre, but 
very little commerce. The cathedral 
church (where, by parenthelis, the fair is 
held, as is praétifed-in certain cities of 
Germany) is one of thofe Gothic build- 
‘ ings remarkable for their antiquity, and 
for conveying an impreflion of the talte 
of pat ages. We iee here an immenfe 
number of figures in wood, reprefenting 
entire hiftories of the bible, and which, 
are decorated with a rich gilding. In 
fuch a multitude, however, we can diitin- 
euvifh fume figures telerably weil defigned 
and fculptered. The caftle of Got- 
torp, -inhabited by the Governor or 
Stadtholder, is not far from the city, 
here you enjoy a fine profpect. On gala 
days there are often more than one hun- 
dred perfons who go to court. ; 
Flenfburg, fituated about four miles 
from Slefwick, is the moft-commercial and 
important eity of the Duchy, and even 
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of the whole Danith monarchy, next to: 
Copenhagentand Altona ; it is pretty large 
and well-peopled. The ftreets are crowded 
with paffengers, and every thing here 
denotes the appearance of adtivity and 
induftry. Tn order to judge of its ex-— 
tent and the beauty of its fituation, it 
would be advifeable to take the profpect 
of it’oa the fide of Apenrade, at the 
defcentof the hill, It is, in fa&t, ade- 
lightful coup ad’ gil. Flenfburg, like Sle(- 
wick, chiefly confifts of along fireet, but 
with houfes peculiarly neat ;, and poffefs- 
ing a charm {carcely to-be eftimated, which: 
is that their gardens are encompafled by a 
great walk or alley which terminates in, 
and leads to, the port or harbour. Here, 
in the middle of his garden, the merchant 
may walk, extending his views to 
the harbour, the bay, the hills of the 
oppofite fhore—and, what intereffs him 
the mo, he may recognize his own vef~ 
fels, ina manner, before bis own doors. 
The harbour is good, fecure, and com- 
modious, and moft commonly filled with 
veflels. If the inhabitants are richer at 
Flenfburg than in many other commercial 
cities, it is chiefly becaufe here they 
poffefs the art of uniting economy with 
induftry ;—they come pretty near the — 
Hollanders in this sefpect, ass hkewife, 
in many others. ho | 
Our traveiler here makes a_ little 
excurfion to vilit the ifle of Alfen, 
poffefled by the. Prince d’ Auguften~ 
burg, brotrer in law of the Prince 
Royal, and his ufuai reidence in the 
fummer feafon. This excurfion proved 
to be one of the molt agreeable imagin- 
able, owing to the fertility and induftrious 
cultivation of the country which he tra- 
verfed, and which, he fays, greatly re- 
fembles Ireland in the goodnefs of the 
roads or ways, the: variety of profpects 
which it affords, and laftly, for the neat- 
nefs which reigns throughout the houfes, 
and breathes the air of eafy contented 
circumftances. We obferve here, two 
chateaux of the prince, and the little 
town of Sonderburg, whofe trade 1s not 
very confiderable. ak, 
After this agreeable excurfion, we 
fpeedily fall again into the high road, and _ 
arrive at Apenrade, a fimall, pretty town, 
very populous, and containing inhabitants 
in eafy circumftances. As in general 
the towns of Siefwick may be affimili- 
tated to thofe of Holland, the refemblance 
here appears moft confpicuoufly ftriking. 
The houfes, chiefly remarkable for their 
neatne(fs, are of no great height, are com- 
modioufly laid out, often painted, and 
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