j o u r n e y t o D e n m a r k :.
Her fleet fet at defiance the northern powers, and rode miftrcfs
of the Baltic. How are the mighty fallen! ihe no longer retains
a ihadow of her former power, has loft great part of her
trade; and her commerce, confiderably diminilhed, will fuffer
ftill more diminution, if the canal of Kiel ihould anfwer the
purpofes for which it was planned: for by that means great
part of the merchandize which now paffes through this town
will be conveyed along that canal down the Eyder to Ton-
ningen, and thence by fea and up the Elbe to Hamburgh. In
order to counteradt thefe eifefts, profeffor Buefch has formed
a plan to render the Steiknitz navigable for veffels of burden as
far as Lauenburgh. I f this projeft ihould be carried into execution,
the advantages arifing to the dutchy of Lauenburgh, as.
well as to the city of Lubec, are too evident to require an explanation
The houfes of Lubec are built in a veiy ancient ftile off
architecture, the doors being fo large as to admit carriages,
into the hall, which frequently ferVes for a coach-houle. The
walls of many houfes bear the date of the fifteenth century; and:
doubtlefs, at that period, the town was efteemed extremely beautiful.
The quay of Lubec is on the river Trave,. which falls into
the fea at the diftance of fourteen miles. I obferved about 120
merchant-lhips deftined to Ruflia, Sweden, and Denmark. It:
admits veffels from 150 to 200 tons burden, and fometimes, but
rarely, 300. The trade of Lubec is chiefly a trade of commiffion,
t r a v e m u n d e .
fion, drawing from Ruflia, Sweden, and Denmark, their raw
commodities, and fupplying them with wines, filks, cloth, and
fteel ware.
Being unwilling to quit the territory of Lubec without viiit-
ing Travemunde, we fet off at five in the afternoon; and at feven
reached Travemunde, diftant from Lubec about nine miles. We
found a very clean and comfortable inn, good accommodations,
and a civil landlord who fpoke Engliih.
Travemunde, or the mouth of the Trave, fo called from its
fituation on the point where that river falls into the Baltic,
owes its exiftence to its being the port where the veffels deftined
to and from Lubec take their ftation. We hired a boat, and
rowed Tound the port to the road. The port is able to contain
fixty veffels, and is fufhciently deep to admit thofe of 200 tons
burden, the fame as afcend the Trave to Lubec. Men of war
ride at anchor in the road. Our landlord procured from the
pilot the following lift of the merchant-lhips which took their
departure from Travemunde in the following years.
In 1778, 941 ftlips; in 1779, 916; in 1780, 803; in 1781,
935; in 1782, 8,58 ; in 1783, 951. O f thefe our landlord conjectured,
that 130 belonged to Lubec, that 300 were Danilh,
250 Swedilh, ioo Pruflian, 20 Dutch, and 10 Engliih. Travemunde
is defended (if it can be called defence) by a fmall
fortrefs mounting forty guns, and containing a garrifon of 50
men.
June 12th. We continued our route for fome miles along the
fands