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Magdeburg.
. Edifices.
was built, i n i 663, and it "has fwice.been a! favourke refidence o ^ ^ p r a l
Priffifan mona'rchs. T h e inhabitants are computed a t, 3 §,bb}9 v The.
other c itie s omrather towns in Brandenburg* felcjoto.contain in h
ab itan ts; but |h e , duchy o f Magdeburg prefents the. capital .fp,^called,
which is fuppofed to hold about .2s6 ,qoo fouls, and is ftrongly,, fortified
with a citadel- on an Hie in the Elbe. T h is city dates its. origin
from the, time o f ^h a rfem ag n e ,; and can fioaft^qf elegant ftreets, and
ftourifhing ma.nufaa.ures. T h e lm p e ria lifts taking it by ftorm 'in 1631*
a dreadful d au g h te r enfued, th e inhabitants who perifhed, being computed
a t about i£>,poo. . In th e fame d uchy, b u t disjoined b y part o f
U pper Saxony, ftands alfo Halle-on th e Saale, more th an fifty miles to.
the S. o f Magdeburg :, th e inhabitants o f Halle are gonaputed a t ,3.1,000.
N o r ' muft Halberftadt, th e gapital o f an _ adjoining principality, bp
omitted, a a i | eontains about i2,5oa,.fouk-;- in which n um b e r .it is r ivalled
by Quedlinburg in the fame province.. . It. may be remarked,4 n
paffing, th a t the Weftphalian dominions o f Pruffia prefent 119. city o f
much account, and th e remote tow n o f Neufchatel contains o n ly ab o u t
6000 fouls.
On proceeding to Pomerania on the N. firft- occurs Stettin, a city o n
tiie O d e r o f fome trade, and about 1 8 ^ 0 9 - -mhabitants. '{Fhqfe o f
Stargard, in further Pomerania, are not. eftimated a t above ^ 0 0 0 ; . -
' In Pruffia, properly fo called, may be named Elbing, which is- luji-
pofed to hold 14,000 fouls. The other feeondary towns rarelyr0ceecjfcd
3000 inhabitants, till acqmfitions of adjacent te rrito ry gave to. PrujEa
Thom, with a population o f 10,000. E xcepting Breflaw, th e capital,
already mentioned, there are. only three-towns inJSilefia, which contain
more than 6000 inhabitants; namely Glogau, Hirfcjab§rg, and Schweid-
nitz. Nor if we exclude Warfaw and its fuburbs, do any o f the tow n s
recently acquired in Poland even equal this population.
Some of the moft fplendid edifices of this country adorn Berlin the
capital, fuch as the palace and the theatre. But the other grand,
buildings feem not to have imprefied travellers with veneration, being
barracks for foldiers and the like.* And the city itfelf is almoft entirely
built with brick, though the fronts of the houfes are difguifed with
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ftucco.
ftucco. T h e palace at Potfdam deferves fupêrior applaufe ; and on an
eminence near th a t city ftands thé ' royal villa o f Sans Souci,'which
h ow e v e r'canülaim no1 g ra n d e u r o f feternalnarGhitedure, Konigiberg,
fand Dantiicfëÿ'.alfo^offer i|jôWiew*'Tefeé<9:abIe public bhildings ; but in
general this h^^tibjrrfiefd'S' eygn ’tq R A ! in tfiis réfpeét.
T h e advantages Jb f inland* navigation' feèmdittkrkn'own or cultivated
in the Pruffian 'dominions ; gnd* 'though feveral 'fmall* canals might be
mqntîojièd^'yçjÇ th ey rather$?elohg to tlie oÏEeé’b f the topographer than
to-â general fyftem o f So'gTap.hy.
I f we except th e lin,èrrs'? b fS ile fia ^ lliE ‘manufactures o f the Pruffian
dominions are ©fifmall imp'ortanee., Yet th ey afford, fpr home eon-
fiimption; glâfi. * iron, brafs,. paper, and woollen cloth ; and Frederick II
introduced a fmall manufacture, o f filk. Eyen the>^xppr6s o f D antzick
cemfift ^lmojt,entirely o f timber, c o rn , tafiow, and fimiiar articles.
ISor if we except, the ancient ftaple o f grain fp abundant in the J em
plains o f Poland; can the commerce o f Pruffia appear in an important
light. Amber is b y nature -conftitüted a mbnopoly o f th e ,,c o u n ty ,
but falhion has rendered this branch o f commerce infignifeant: Yet
among th e cbnfiderable'exports may be hamed excellent tiniber o f all
kinds, fkins, leather, flax, and hemp ; n o r muff the linens o f Silefia be
paffed in filence, many o f w hich"are fent in to Holland, and, fold under
th é name o f D utch manufacture. In return Pruffia rafeiyes wine, and
other products o f more fouthern and favoured countries.*
. *. For jnoretnfnute partieulart! Hoeçk maybeçgipiiltefi., Th'e amber amountS'to'fiehi' 200 tom
«nhùaîïy.; In 1777 there werè in ftirther P.omeranfa p i g m y 1 Tnultferry tfees ; yet.th&pureÆlk is
qniy computed 680 pounds'weight. ■ iBraipdiirfburg; Exports tnp^er, from Hauïbiög, to thé
amount of one million of dollars. In_ Sîlefiff (,I 796 ) there were 4ö',6q3 perfons" employed in the
liiicii manufâfttire ; and 13,^40 in the woollen.'
E d if ic e *.
Inland Navigation.
Manufactures
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