master. ^^\' h'A\y)\d the room where Fre-
derick ate, the s<_.i;i on winch he sat, still
.-taiued with ?|)ot.? of snulf; the hibrary
11 6 SAVs soutr.
\vhere he studied, long; specimens of his
â– vvritiiiL^, the very books which he read, tlic
chamber wherein he dieih Whatever may
be our opinions of the man, it is impossible
to view these objects without emotion.
Those wlio sliow the palace remember him
perfectly ; they have talked with him, have
seen him in his daily habits, and relate to
you little anecdotes of his j)rivate lite. You
are thus earned back to the a^reat events of
the middle of the last centurv, bv almost
touchin2% as it were, the person who had tlu-
principal share in ])roducino' tliem. I low
plain is the connection between the age of
FrediM'ick and that in '>vhich we live. If his
mijust wars and successfid ambition ])ro-
cureci him the name of (h-eat, it is in the
nature of the human mind that the succeed-
ing^ a^e slioidd produce a i3onaparte. 'J'he
jMdo^oplry-, as it has been called, { pr^h
pUiior ! ) of .S;.iis 8ouci, is the philosophy of
the revolution ; and the monarch only set
SANS SOUCI. 217
the example which has been followed i)y the
nmltitudo, of unbounded profligacy and
unprincipled ambition.
Tlie last book perused in the library by
Frederick was Puyscgur on tlie Ait of AVar,
and still remains out of the case for inspec-
tion. Yet it must be owned, that he had
oilier tastes than those of a mere warrior,
of which the gallery of pictures attached to
Sans Souci, is alone a suihcient proof.
Before the building are eighteen marble
statues, representing the Arts and Sciences,
but not ])ossesscd of any striking merit.
The great hall, or gallerv^ is upwards of
two hundred and sixty feet in length, and
lhirt\'-five in b'-eadtli, handsomely paved
witli ditferent oloured marbles. Over the
in-^ide of the doors, at each end, arc two
beautiful antique bas-reliefs, qIv.^ up near
Rome, one of \vhich contains fourteen
Bacchanalian tluures, mostiv in an admirable
state of ])reservation. Tlie |)ictures are ar-
ranged along one side of the gallery only.
^IS
:;3 sOircL
op[)ositc to the ijjlii-; and here, Jis some?
years ag'o at Portiei. 1 iiad rc-son io regret
the blank spaces lelr, l)y the retticr. ;w oi se-
veral of tlie tinest paintings to Pi.ri-. Tl:<^re
still remanied, however, soii-e of tl.c master-
pieces of Reubens, Titian, and ^ anciyk, and,
among others, two beantifui cabinet paint-
ings upon gold, in one of xxliich tl^e effect
prodticed by the metal sbinnig thron.gh the
colours is altogether magical. Tlic man
who shows tlie gallery is himself a ])amter,
and, with a ])ardonable pailiality, has hung
up soii'se of his own ])roductions among the
V.'orks of the great maslers. lie \\ as a i)oy
of humble |)arents iibout the ]nn;ice, and
being noticed bv Frederick, was sent by
him to i3ursne his siuchc-s at Home, \\ here
lie seems to have unt_iir;erl tb.e taste \\lnch
forms till- pi'!n< ij)ai cbal•actt.■rlsl!c^ of tlic
present I-'reneh >cliot.'l of })aintnig. .Vs J
v."as iidniniiig a y>iecnre ot 'J'enier-. *• \ ou
too," -aid lie. '•■have an art:^t ahnt, . t equal
to him in \oui' o\\ a romurx /' lb; nnirhi
NEW SANS SOUCI.
'219
pcrlmps Lave spared the doubt, but I was re-
joiced to find, tbat, notwithstanding all the
inipedinients to intercovn'sc winch had so
long subsisted between England and the
C(jntnient, the rcjjutation oi. V^ illvio had
reached the centre of Germany.
At no great distance stands tlie new Sans
Souci, a })alace of which the general ]jlan
was formed bv Frederick, ^vho he^an it im-
ine(hatcl\' after the peace in l/O^h- and
iinished it in six vear^.. Never, jK'rhaps, was
so magniiiceni; a building completed in so
short a rime. It is of a reddish colour, the
centre towards the wardens is three stories in
height, and the ^^hole is adorned with pi-
lasters and >ratues, of which last there are
upwards <jt' three hmidred. Being formed
tA' a soft sand-stone they are already very
much deca\ed, and their number appears a
load r;iti;cr tlian an ornament. From the
entrance hall we pass at once to the grotto,
a nragnilicent room, cntu'clv covered with
diiriTcnt kinds of shells, marbles, nhueralsj
220 NEW SANS soucr,
and corals, arranged in a variety of forms.
It is divided by pillars and arcsdcs, covered
in the same rrianncr, and the floor being also
of various marbles, the effect produced Vvheri
well liglited must be exceedingly brilliant.
To many, the sight of this iiall of shells
alone will amply repay tlie trouble of the
journey from Berlin. Besides this, there
are upwards of twenty roomSj all containing
something more or less remarkable. In one
we see a remarkable number of antiques^ a
second is ornamented with curtains of cloth
of gold, presented by the Sultan Mustapha
the 'i'hird, another contains specimens of
the tirst porcelain vases, fabricated at Berlin,
and others are hung with valuable paintings,
Tlic most interesting of the whole, however,
is the great marble lial!, u})war(!s of one
hundred feet in ItMigth by sixty-live in
}>readth, and fifty in height. This hall, the
most magniilcent in Europe, (ills tlie mind
by its grandeur and just proporti<:>ns. We
are astonished to find ourselves in a room
NEW SANS SOUCI. 221
much larger thau most houses. Tlie neigh-
boiirina- marble iialace of lieiliTCnsce, which
forms a saiiarc of sevcDtv feet, mia,ht here
ahnost find a place. On the ceiling wc be-^
iioid the gods in full assembly, and on the
walls arc four large ])aintings, each twenty-
two feet in hcigiit by twenty-four in breadth,
llins corresponding with the general propor-
tions of the whoie. Owing, however, to the
rapidity with which the building was erected,
the damp has already nearly destroyed one
or two of the paintings. In this huge apart-
ment the chairs and marble tables appear
dmiinutive, and man himself becoiiics insig-
nificant compare;] e\en with tlie vvorkman-
sliip of his own h.and-3.
From beliolding the works of the great
Frederick, as he is here (^'cry where called,
Vv'e returned to Potsdam to coiitcinp'ate his
tonib. It !s in a eliurch kr.ovvn bv the name
of the Temple cf tiie Court and (Jarrifon,
frorn the tower of which there is a fine
View over tlie citv an*! iI;.o ;:-urro!r^'-'"''^"
112 POTSDAM.
country. The pulpit is of wliitc aiid red
marble, and beneatli it in a little kind of
chamber arc two coffins, the one of l)laek
marble contarriing the body of Frederick
William the I^'irst, an<l the other the remains
of Frederick tlie Second. The List is in a kind
of metal rase, "vliich ijives a hollow sound
when sh-^ihtly strr,el;. A little before Ins
death l-" a;ked what o'clock it was, and
when told, '• Well then,"' said he, " I am
O'oin^i" to slec'.;," Here he rests without nomn.
We put our hrnuis upon tlic case containing
tlic du>t of •'^ hit \vas once the gi'eat Frede-
ric];. H^re ?:'.'V parte is said t(^ have ])assed
=-'ii!e Lime in nM-^ mg ; and here, at midnight^
'he •\i^)]).2i- r (h' Ui'Si-.ato have sworn hdelJty
[n the h". â– ;.-^-;;'':i ea;!:-e. ^iiie spot has been
itMio.red V\ .â– ^â– A^^)\.^ ]>'; tiie h\nv; and the
d ':â– -(' ; -hu; !'â– ) traveller sh(Hdd con'ic to
f-:'vh,; \-\u:-"\\ (h•^-(ain:.; a vhv to vi-hc the
iK\l.'.-.\ '- avi-l u;t' c'i'hii oi 1< ix'dci'ick.
A-' ihci'v' were snnM'rds oi'txNentv thou-anti
x']\' - \<\]) u"o^)]::^ in and iiear DuHiji; winch
PRUSSIAN TROOrS. 223
wofc daily cxcnxised, I liad frequent op})or-
luuities of observing- them. After seeinLi*
the Russian guards, these soldiers, once the
nuxl-ls of Europe, can no longer in our eyes
claim tlie same ])re-eminence. Still, how-
ever, they appear to have all tiie requisites
of first-rate troops, and, like Spain, have not
perhaps so niuch deelmed in excellence, as
other nations liave made advances towards
iu. Ill gv'iieral, they are superior in appear-
ance to tlie Ilnssian regiments of tlie line.
The spirit which animated them, I was in-
formed, was excellent, whi( h indeed was
evidently the case throughout tlie vvli'-l-
countrv. i.^verv vv'hero on t.ie rtvails '.vc
had ]'nsscd ]):n-iics of tlie Landwehr in
inarch, and \\\ the midst of dieir greaiest
fuigues no i;iurmur wa- ever heard. 1 was
])arti;"ulartv 'nu'inisv;.' througliout ihc whole
of Sil<-sja, at olisor\.:g tlie arcfnir in the
Prussian cause. Ik ;.â– a strd^ing exaniple.
]^ow soon coi-ipa-".^' J!-' recent ai'nni<u.i.)ns
oi tcrntorv b*.-' .'v ^ â– : ; rt^jonued ^nili i\]r
2 24 DEPARTL'RE FOR BERLIN*.
country which has conquered them, wlicre
a siuiilarity of language and manners ex-
ists.
As t'nc arnih-iicc was drauins; to a close,
and tlie circumstances v/hich had occurred
did r>ot permit me, as I could h.ave wished,
to Witness the ;Lr!vat events which were Id^ely
to mark iis lerminaiii./n, 1 ouitted Berlin
for StralsUiid o:^ the 1 :uh oF August, accom-
panied hy the Ljenllemaii who had travelled
â– with ii;e from Reichenhach. To await die
renewal of hoAilines in n. v situation would
only liave bixn to muiiiy'V the c!;ances of
iuc:):"\\'e.:;ence and (ic!:'\" i-; tra^'e:iln'J\ and
m 1;
•-^ ,
!;;'nt oi â– >
vv Liie
re \:v:3 no tnne to
hc^
]<}-
I. .iiv';.
.t
tCi-.
o'clock we parsed
f:i-y
- ^ â–
1 UiC O;
1
Il'U iy U
;â– ; ;,.LlC3 but S(JOn
qui.:
fro.:
i!ur
ir.
tLo e.::.
:â– . Ti.
;;:\
CO â– '',.'. .'.
ausevvay whirh led
> iwuds of sand upon
-,' cM;iiiiued evcrv
' , ;'."tm',; \( V leu oi
)a.h;u:, 0;':;;ii' nou; t,
;■h .:■;•;::: rroviuu' ov..'i-
BERNADOTTE. 225
tlie plains to our left. These marked the
course of ib.c Havel, on the banks of which
Oranieninii'i^' is situated, and which we
soon aficr crossed by a draw-bridge. Tliis
town, aithor.gh of no great extent, seems to
ha\e been formerly of some consequencej
and ti;e shell of a lofty and magnificent
souarc tower still remains close upon the
river. The place was fidl of Swedish troops,
it boinir now the head-cuarters of the Crown
Prince, whom we had an ojiportunity of
seeing. He was sitting writin.g in a room
on tlie ground floor, the window of which
was open towards the street. In uassing, J
was inuriechatelv struck by ice siron^' re-
semblance oi' his marked features to the por-
traits winch I bjad seen exhibned of him in
London, and stopped to contciiiplato him.
Mv companion, more curious, walked for
some tiujc back\^ar<is and ii)i'\vards before
the house, until Hernadotte arose, aiul
conning towards the wiiiilow, asked him
wluit he wanted. lie answered tiiat iic
Q
226 SWEDISH TROOPS.
"was an Englishman, and tlmt his sole mo-
tive was the wisli of seeing his Royal
Highness. The Crown Prince seemed not
displeased with this curiositv, and enterinp-
into conversation with him ex})ressed his
high opinion of the P^nglish nation, and
paiticuiai-ly asked him if he uas an olficer.
After soLne time lie slightly moved his head
and withdrew. He appeared a tal! and
robust nian. of a fresh complexion, with an
e\pressi^â– e eye, and a coujitenance marked
vvitii intelligence. As to his features 1 have
already observed, that the portraits generally
exhibited in London l^^ar a strong resemb-
lance to him.
I wa- hi2,liiv gri'.tincd with tiie a})pearance
of tiie >S\VL'dish troor;s, once tlie tei'ror and
pride of tlie N^-rtli, and still dcvcrving the
highest conimentlati(>ns. liie men ap-
peared almost nmformU- healthy and ro-
br.st, and had something of an Et;gliMi
look, which certainly did n(;t lower them in
my esteem, I was le.s pleased with tf.c
ZEIIDESICK. 227
ofliccM's, who did i:!ot sceni yet to have ac-
<|uircd the aii- of then- pro^e.s^ion, owing no
doubt to tho httlc acquaintance with war
which Sweden has had for a century past.
The experience of a sinr.de campaign willj
I am ca;ivinco(i, add all that is yet wanted
to complete their character as soldiers ; and
Sweden, as far as lier population will allow,
inav a":ain hold an honourable rank amonf''
the military powers of Europe.
The pleasure of the interview with the
Crown Prince was somcuhat lessened by
our being detained for want of horses till
ilxL' e\ci:;ing. Even then \vc should not
.have been able to proceed, had not the com-
mon post-waggoii arrived, in which we dc-
terniined to travel for a lew sta^res. Our
bnggage being stowed in this j)onderous
conveyance, wc quitted ()ranienburg about
si.x o'clock, and ])!'oceed(Ml again tln'ouc;h
sands and })ine ^^(lods to Zehdenick, where
vve did not arrive before two in the nioinin^,
'.ilihiough the distance be not above twenty
a 2
228 TKMPTjy,
miles. The g^uc was sliut. nor dlfl we gaiu
admittance inili] ov.v postillioii had h'ng
.sOttudtKi Jiis horn belbi-e the cnehaijt-'d
s. 1 ne C'v'ar I'l^i^hi Oi the nu^oi! (^iuv.'ieu
lis to : ce thai- wo ^^'eIâ– e pa-;^i.;;; liM-.^r'^li a
neat ;iti!e tr>\vn; ^^in(;!^ .".a liad -d-o aii i;u-
portuH:;-' oi" w-w^v:.:; uv ua â– - 'o; h' , a^ \'. e did
iK^t sat, ^af ac:,:. tdl -far (,'; •■•■:, 'i'iie road
contiiiaa ' :anKi\' anci 'ai ^ f^: :Va!aeeu
maas^ ■•' 'iea;.d;L, \.:..'ai wo aiaa^ad at
ea^iir ; a ]a J" LO-,\a, ail!, aii oiti - t'. a:o v'd\],
a:. I a])':a ojitlv ^ae aaouons of a chlch. Here
wc£:'_. : ■>i tia; •■.'a\"V ]io.-L-v".<^p;p;on, and
piT^rxHaiec : . . ai as a' Ifa-e in a ii^h'er rai'..
via:. !)\' our.aivas. A To a travelling- for sonic
tina A, a- a ijarv < ad ni^ n (aiunt"\*, v.c ]}as>.
ed t::i. ..ji a due 'aoo(K pianeijad:\' ot -;:<!;
ai\d eim-, aa I tlaai ( ame ^- :ai ;_;oc n eann-
t;\"af'a;0 wna ooiiUe o evat ^iS. >;: a.;' \\a;aai
'^^e !a : ... rian'a'o ,.i a dai.ia'^a Maa;->d
on lia' i; â– â– i'- ' ("a e<'n.n-iOr..;a' l,;la . \". !uo;i
exa a ";;: !,:. o' atli 0) s^ai ; ii. In iMr:.oeM
'•av.xnad j'ained a <oio icnoa- e>^a;>. s. a>
PRENTZLO. '229
al30 a vHirions rouiul tower, a]>pai'cnlly tlic
roiiiains of some ancient magiiiiiceiit build-
ing. Besides seven churclies, it contains
a public librarv, and about eight thousand
inhabitants. Hound Prentzlo are largo Holds
of to!)acoo ; and the country appeared niorc
IVriiie and better cultivated tlsan any we bad
seen since leaving Berlin, or on the wdiole
road bom Hamburg to that city. The town
itself is considerable, and lias evidently been
f:)rii]erly of gwat importance. Here \vc
were treated wuh much hospitality by tlic
wife of tiic postmaslcr, Vvlio gave us some
excellent coliee, and was lavish in her little
acts of kmcbiess to us as Knglirdnnen. lu
her ivarlour Nvas the v?ortrait of Lord V»'el-
bngton, occupying ilic post of honoin- iti tlie
centre, aisd surrou:.died bv prints of Prus-
.lian i;nd llussrau Generals, together with
hns-uis^ di'agooui;, (Jossacks, and whatever
was hostde lo Frcmec, 8he also showed u*
with grt at evuiiatiou a letter whiel! she had
rv< eivv:d b-oin die Queen, acbnowlech^iuii r;
230
PllE.VTZLO.
patriotic contribution niacie IjV the ladies of
Prcntzlo, of tlieir ear-rings, necklaces, and
a'old and silver ornaments. Similar saeri-
liccs have been boasted of in tlie Roman
niatrons of antiquity, and I trust the Prus-
sian ladi(\s of tb.e j)i-esent day will not be
defrauded of the lionour so justly due to
llieni.
Vfe cjultted Prent/do much jdeased wiili
the patriot
the inhabitants, a)Kl
•i\itli the f::o'od-v,ill expressed touards our
countrv. AIoul;' the <:rcatei' ]3art of our road
to the k'ft Vvp.s a f»road, green, and per-
i\>:.\\\ fat \ailey, bcariu;- every mark of hav-
i\i[:; been i^jnuerlv the bottom of an exten-
-i\.'ia];;x ii'-.v slirunk Within the narrower
limits ^)r' :!:at near Prentzlo. Periians it
..xtfudeti 1'.^ '^I'ewalk, the ]^lace to \vliieh we
v.c\\' lio'Uid, di^iant about sixteen miles, and
\^l.ieli ih'-n ibruKo a rival city at the other ex-
LvrUMtv '.)'. tlie ]; k-.'. A iew miles on I (jbsei-\ed
a â– uo^ (â– - . 'M i'i e;inou-. '/uri'cnv::-, ahu'ivt equal
;,; -i/X' ^â– j'lir'C n.xii' tlieplaiub ku 1'roy j
PASEWALK. 251
and the neighbouring ground bore in many
places the a])])earance of ancient entrench-
ments. Thev were the first I had seen
during mv whole journey, and they, toge-
ther with tlie surrounding country, struck
me tlie more, as I had expected that our
approach to the coast would be marked only
by increasing dulness, sand, and sterility.
Pasewalk is bv no means so considerable or
so neat a town as Prenizlo. \S'e found how-
ever, as usual, old \vails and arched gate-
ways, wliich we passed for the first time
AA ithout being stunned by t!ie horn of our
postillion, although one dangled from his
neck ; a phenomenon which I imagine it
will hW to the lot of but few travehers in
Gornuiny to record. Thrice he applied it to
his lips as if about to give breath to the
sounding brass; and as often were we ag'ree-
ably deceived in seeing it re|)laced without
even a murmur. ^\ e puzzled ourselves in
vain to account for this moderation, imtil
being arrived at the inn, we ventured to in-
^ :■S ■> ' •- L A..V' •
q - u7c int.;. inc raLi>o, aad hiiuid to Ouv c^reat
ju}- :h:it .>]c Viviiiipct \v;-y c;rackc:l ; a iat3
wiiich wo hca'tiK wiidicd niin^ht attend all
tliOre '.shich ue were stiii (Icsiiiied to encoun-
ter.
liLivii'*^ roiVe^hod ourselves at Pasewaik
we >ot o:!' at ni,;( along a tolerable paved
ro;;d : but contiiiucd nearlv m darkness un-
lil lii;' [HOoLi rose, and we found ourselves in.
the n;id:;k: o'-'a u..]'i::ii of oaks, where the yel-
:o\v K-bL breakb:^: throuj;h amongst the
rree-. -L-ei>;ed to give existence to gigantic
tbriMs diirbv ^ccn in the deep shade?, ilboiit
oiie in tbu mo:i.:ng we arrived at a miserable
];::u-e \-. bere wc liwhed tor an hour, and thcii
r')i:ih:[iid wl;!' jou!ni.'\^ over an und'/nn, bat,
and .â– ::"\v C(;vui:r\- to Auelan"), the last lov^ n
(.>u lb;' bord'Tj' or tiie Prussian terrnor;cSj
a.,:i \\]'ere ^^ v aiij^'eo about >e\cn ')"(doek.
(mi C'Ur :;:•; >" \\ v l.iebe'id the inb't ii'iju!
t!.e ibsli;!:', >â– ,.,!: r! {iit:!::;!^, nito ^\b;(b the
(idci- c^:npiie- n-clf: and i â– cii-re I'r- lb<Mnasts
of small vessel-; mailbug tiie mouth of the
J
an: CLAM.
river PeeiiC, near which Anclam stands,
llic town is ncct and tolcrab'y large, con-
taining a population of about four thousand
souls ; but it being Sunday wlicn we arrived^,
we could not judge of its general activity or
commerce. Here our passport.-:^ and baggage
were examined, and we procured the ne-
cessary papers for enteriiig tlie *Svvedisk
territorv, as well as the money of that comi-
trv in exeliange for our Prussian coin. At
nine we set oii, and, having soon })assed the
Peenc, found ourselves in Sv/ec'li.sli Pomcra.-
nia ; a chanGl'e which was marherl oniv h\ a
ixuard of a tew c:_l soldiers, who s;i:_-!ir!v'
exanunc:d oUi' p-i- pori:s. "W e (^b-erved le-
thinf.; f •! sojie viine in the ^nanrers or c-r: -
pcavaiice ot ii'c people, to (k']i>ie ,: !u.:e
diCereai hv;.m .ha^ winch we hr-] I-cl/ r.:.., ;
bi>i tiiC eounl.'v !:ec;i'"iei! genera'lv to ii:^ ,i-c\a
a? vi' -ppr 'ac'iej ;hc co^e-t. a;'''; ccr c-'hlv to
b<: s ;pe'''ior to ihai •ound Berlin,
'i^^'^ May. T:,' r;e.;r Prentzk', we cini;n-;:ed
iv i e jMOsoi loes.ccc now m vcjlow dO' -'cr.
^ vJ-i
GREIFSWALDE.
growing near corn, and the peasants work-
ing in the fields, a want of regard to the
sabbath which I had not ex])ecto(i to wit-
ness ]]ere. The corn being mostly cat down,
anrl the weatiier having been wet, theii- p-as-
tors no dou!)t hiid given them permission to
improve every fair interval for collecting and
carrying iionie the harver't. ]>y degrees we
began to observe that tiic farms e(\'med
upon a larger scale tlian those in the greater
part of Ih'iis'^ia, t!ie houses being more sub-
stantiidlv bniit, and hasiiig about them
:i ninnbci" of out-hoisses and stacks of
corn. \\\ th.err a])pearariee they rescunbled
Tiie iarin-houses which 1 had seen in IIol-
.-'..n';, near liie banks of the l^dbe, in ])as'^ing
w.) liKit TU'er, seeming to collect as nnich as
pcssible e\ c// nn al conxenience within
tCiCm-clves. /vbovit one wv. reached (ji-.cif-
swahc.c, a (h>utnce from Anclam of t'-'.'enty
miie-% thr:in-,J! a connti'V ilat and in some
piU'ls mchmm'' tf> mai'shv, bsit m general
lolcrablv ierlile and well celtivatc^d. We
GREIFSWALDE. '135
\\crc now in a town completely Swedish,
t'.ud began to find the German language no
lon-rcr of use to us in addrcssincj the com-
nion ])Pople, although still understood by
many of the middling class, as we found at
the tabic (tliotc where we dined. Greif-
swalde is a town something similar in ap-
i)earancc to Anclani, but larfjer and better
built. I entered the principal church, where
the white-washed walls and Gothic pillars
were in manv parts hung with indifferent
paintings, and adorned with gaudy monu-
monis. Among the latter was a very large
oijc, principally of marble, built hy two
friends durin;:; their lives, over a iirave
wiiich vvas to be common to them and their
fuiTiilies. This is certainlv carrvin<x the
idea of friendbhij) as far as it will go. I had
lieard of friends who possessed between
them but one chamber, one bed, and oiie
hat ; but never before of two w ho made pro-
vision for beincr bui'ied ni the sanie fn\ive.
This instance would possess in it somclhino
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STH-MArNi:,
sublime and aficcuiv", I -id \i oconrrcd \n :i
lonch^ vi'].:ge aDion:- the iii(;r..,Lain> ; Inul
the grave bceii one of tiiif ; (;r Cvcn had ii:e
fact been siu^dy recorded after the deoii: oF
the parties, and lelt to r ud>:e its natural iin-
pressiou on the udi â– ' But in tin <diUr^]i
of Greifswalde, a . ;ieiu!id nion anient and a
long and labonrc'd iviseiipdrui in Lndri
"would seem to record rather tiio hdent t ai:-
iiesses tlian tlic sir*; . :; ai}l:''^tiv:.iis of ihv hu-
mnn lieait ; noie n^ corir-hene; tfe sad
clianges of hie. can we Ci.eck the un.; dnn;^
thonrdit, tliat leeie o e:e;cr ^v!:d>' hviiirto
erect a inddiC \ .niored oi liieir iVieieir-iiip,
3ii;>7 not preserve A. leudured lo th,' tonii).
About diree we -cl oh". 'raveile.:i: iliro^^fdi
an o]}en an<i sL
]-rine < ; tinir', lo
Anehun ;ne! (h-e;li^\v::'de. 'i"he (>v(> prii.ei-
pei eoeri' i t e'. : e > are vi. i^;^' ci'i^.H */i" nii.e
n,:ies o- , <-'\^': '.'-e \i the aeeeareec'e ;e'i\\{>
separate L;!-. ceee !.:,iree; lewn:'- t-.ii "â– .'M\ its
ch'jireb. h he \:\':.'\\i\ ir Si'M.,iei, fjiining
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lit lie lieici'hf'^ close to tre sea, and at no great
dJ'^'aiK'e fror^'^ S-ralsirail. As we approached
we cleariv saw Ivnglisli soldiers walking on
t^ie ranrparlSj and standing as sentinels at
tlie L^ates ; ar.d a small bvig riding in the
b;vv with the Enu'^ish flaf/ fivinn;. This sight,
the . . al < UiV hliL'rty, touched me at once
to the h'>;\!L". ^° i-at injustice and oppres-
sion ; vviiat cruel msuh^ and imprisonment
could not eiicet — yes, this at length forced
tears into my eyes. We clieer'uhy passed
the gates guarded by British soldiers, and
I Found niy.;ell' once more among my eoun-
trymeUo
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CHAP. X.
Stralsu7id to Ystadf. — LuiuL — Aiiclent
Barroicd. — Ki/qJ'Ii)/ge. — Ei^gcl/iolm. —
Ridge of Ilallaudsos. — riczcs oj' the Cat-
tc^^'it. — Ilalnistaci. — (rnci.ss Rocks. —
J) cu/l:c?i berg. — Jl 'arbei-g.— Kongsuacka.
— (I'Jteiilarg.
oTRALSUXD possessing few it' any out-
works, aiui tliC forti(icatif;ns havin<j,- noihinp,-
fbnrnuaMc in their a|-;::Mrrince. and bi^nL.
fn'eaiU' out of rcj)air, does not at fir:-t si^ht ai> -
])ear caprible of miicli reidstance. L |)on lar-
thcr exaniinaiion, howcvei-, wc find that it i>
^^â– ell defended b\- little inlets of tlse sea. or
bv broad diiebes. and ini3;ht adiuit of an
ot):,tinaie deiencc. ()oo;>site to tlie (btoli
are inaji\' ;!v>u'-es apr;-.irentl v of a eon>uk'r-
able beii^'bt, but tlu' nijper j.'arr of tbe fr<jnt
is niereb,' a bind of -ci'-'-^n. b^'dnd wliic'i
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cannon are mounted vvliicli pcen tliroujih
cjKMiinL;'? like windows and enfdade the
works. Tlie English had begun to labour
on the lurtiheations, and had already finislsed
soiiic new defences for the princi})al gate,
besides reprhring and tracing out others,
which ill case of siege would be of the
greatest utilitv. Tiie whole numljcr of Bri-
tish troops arrived was little above three
lliousand ; hr.t in')re v»"erc d;idy expected,