C it ie s And
T ow k s .
Drontheira..
Edifices,
Inland Navigation.
'
Manufactures
and
Commerce,
nOj: far ffpm the- celebrated: filver mines f jjf Khngfbetg, the export o f
metals, i-s coafiflerabie ; but tar and d&aHifbrm the chief apysl'eg. The
deals are moftly .fent to. England; the red/ wood being j&rodqce^ ffQnv.
what is called the: Scb'tcb fir, and > t h e t 1°:-
• ' Fh-qntbeim* aban^d?!? iBritifti/ mde^, tO' the N...of .Bergen, was ;anT
ciently called Nidaros. The inhabitants, are only computed at .$o©q ;
butlas^thisdSthejnbft mortherd; city in Europe-except .Tornea, the’ po-
pulatlon cannofcofiGQurfe be great. ,;J>r«ntfieim ikfituuted on, the river
Nid, whence k derived its name, and ’was- founded in the year; ga'Ji
being the refidence o f the' ancient kings jof Norway, and afterwards am
archbilhoprick, fupprefled at the reformation. Of the cathedral, which
was built marble,^ the choir .alone': remains. There is fome'com1-»
merce in .wood, fi£b, tallow,, and! copper, from tbh mines of Medal and
Roras.v: | Theiother towns o f Denmark, as Gluckftadt, Elfmore,. Flenf-
bufg,_Kicl, Athps, &c..have only from. 30.0 to 6dooinhabitants,'
The chief public edifices- -are- in I he cities. • The caftle and palace o f
Cronherg, and' ft^'Twb tath^'^rbyal villas in Zedand^dhnOe merit a
particular deferiptfon,' ’the- buildings and gardens being' generally ini an-
antiquated trifle.-The-roads in Denmark and1 Norway were till latdly-
much negleaed, and formed a ftrikirig contraft with thofe of Sweden."
The-chief inland navigation of Denmark is the canal of Kiel, fo called-;
frdm a confiderablh toWn ih'the ndfth of Holftern. -'This canal is1 in-
t e a t® to Unite the -Baltic - with the river Eydair; which flbwS'into^tHe'
Oerriiahfta.; The extent of this important caiiaf ds - about ©oBritifk
miles and a half; the ''b r ^ & ik & ’fe e t;-at idp-fuad at bottom-;'£KS.-
feaft depth is about 10 feet, fo as to admit veflelss-of about 120 tods.1*
It was begun in J v A f c j and wafslfinithed inj ry g^ Jutland b lfig
generally a flat country, there is .little doubt but great improvements
might be effected by draining and canals, on the Dutch plan, were not
an abfolute government commonly adverfe to industry. 1 u
• The manufactures of the. Danifli dominions are few- and upimpor-
tant. A moft intelligent and infiruaive tTaveller; Mr, Marfhall baa
given an interefting deferiptioa of the improvements made by. a Danifh
* ■ B y recent accounts, lapis ollaris..
“ Bufching, C ox e. - 11 Coxe, v. j o t .
nobleman,
C H A P. III. Cl VI L G E OCR A P H Y. 5 0 7
pobleman, Count, RoneeRent who had introduced manufactures of M ahufac-
wool, leather, and iron, and founded 'a-village of three- hundred houfes. c^ meace.
in the centre o f North Jutland.1“ He was cutting a canal o f two miles ;
and ■ had erected a wharf and docks, where he .built his own fhips, and
exported his own manufactures.- His improvements in agriculture
were equally laudable; and ftich exampleS'vddferve perpetual commemoration
more than the vain her,pifm of war. At Copenhagen are
what are called the; royal manufactures, in which Mr. Marfhall fays ..
that 400, looms were employed, from, the fine ft woollen cloth ufed at
court, to that worn by the foldiery. Other manufactures have.alfo
been recently encouraged by the crp-wn, which ha? paid mhre attention
to commerce and agriculture“'tha^||t^ the arts and; ieiences; though
the former deplorable- ftate; of .the-rdadsp in which '»alb travellers agreed,
evinced, that the Danes had -ns€ Juft -'ideas' of improvement, ft1 T h e chief
e!xfe@rts-'qf ;Dentnark confift o f ’native products: > Jutland- with theifles,.'
Slefwit^ and Holftein^ generally export com to a confiderable amount;
arid the-bhtfes arid,cattle of'itheriritter .provinfce'furnith a fiipply to Hol-
larid. The cream coloured v^qrfes! ofy Oldenburg aMmall; maritime
dlftriCfc dri iWeftpbalia foririerly- befogging to.ithe Danifh kings,)!'who.
thericC derive their origin, are o f well knownMnajefty and beauty.. The.
chief products of Norway are-wood, hides, chiefly thofe of the goat;
with filver, copper, and iron ; while Iceland-exports dried fiflx, falcons
and hawks, and eider-down. The commerce-. pf ■ this kingdom ha-si been,
greatly improved fmee the acquifitionjof;Al.touS) land < the opening pf the.
Kiel navigation. The c@lonies.in the Eaft and Weitjodies alfo-Jupply'
fome refources.*
- 11 Travels, ii. to ip ij..
* Mr. Marfhall, ii. 2 8 $ pronounces Denmark to^b&fonia flo^fliia g^ tu ation »; andijuftly
warns his redder not-to truft lord Molefworth* whofe book is a mere declamation in favour o f th f
wh ig ariftocracy, which he confounds with liberty.
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