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Of letter from ki American Gentleman' tf avel-"
Ihijjm Erope to th Editor othis Gazetted
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left jbu at;Amileram;
I willttbweftdeavdrd give you z brief
iketch of outjburiey'Jrom whence -thro
the duchypf: (levesiohe 4 Rhine, that
reripwjied xiver altem9telyrxffmg'fr6m
Germany intorhFreach repablic,ai thcr
importance of the tbwns invited,tift Vec
arrived at Bafi! frpri thence nhr(5Ughy
Switzerland to.Genevai thence to Lyons;
'ArffeHoiveVef7iiw
tice It: Amlaw,r we proceeded to V
ircci,rwijiivii is 4 very ancient place, and
Jike,,rnpft of .thetowsi X Holland, ex.'
trenielyrnegit : ..Hie; name of this city t
ren4ereg.fm;iiar in. conXequenee. of the.
imporran treaties mat nave been held at
Cleirear'one ; d& HerirY? VHIth's wi ves
Thetown itfelf doe not xontain any
thingvery worthy of houcei but the eh
virous are: extelypleafant- In; the
neighborhood there is a handfonie park,
hunting grounds ahd',chaieau formerly,
belonging to-tbe king of. Pruffia. .We
proceelledthro, Gelders and VCrefeldt.
We were : now in a oart of the country,:
c ,iucr;(iiou!;.rjeiigioii'oerauiy;
Vicvoiis, sua wnere me people perrorm
devotion with extraordinary 'Zeal. On
the road between GeWers andCrefeldt,:
our attention was drawn fo two peafahts
who were alkingypn before us. They ;
appeared to be isn a journey, fdEach was
bareheaded, and had his hat ''busing to'
he button of his coat behlidtltx)ccurj
Ted to us th at ihey were performing tome
act or evoton.--vVhen;; we! came; to'
them, it proved foV; One of them was ;
fayine prayers, and the other made the
refponfes as they journeyed on. Each
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" rtiiles, on - the "rbadtq Nrrnegen i we came
to me rrver JLecK; one ot the branches of
''.L.:1)L!..'L!A . ft"
me '.Rmuct.wurcu we cronea over on
What is called'a-nying bridge. As fo
prooaDijr may not De acquamtea with the
iinpori ai inc. icrni, i wii attempt ade
fcriptipn of ! The Leek here is. about
Soo.tetf .wide, and the ftream always'
running, aown. an tne centre of the ri
ver, about. 6co feet above the olace o
crolTragji boat, about the fize of a flitp's
jony Do as ancnorea with a chain to
the tternof this boat a fecond boaf is faf-
tened, but lioaung at about '70 feet dlf-
tance down the (tream There aje then"
fix oThet.boatSiat'abbut fo feetipart be
low each' other;' t Each of thf fe Ka'vp a
maft of fii feetEeicht. Inftead rifrhWe
laft mentioned 6-bo?ts being faflened ta
; ineuern or eacn ptner as they lay down
the ftreab, a light chain from the fterri
of the fecond boat runs acrolVTud k
fattened to the head of each of their
uiui. f ma away ffcys we cnam clear
of the water, hanging in a light fufpend-'
ed fwagfrom boat to boar, ' At about' 66
feetbelpw the eighth boatahii chaiai
taJtenedito the centre of the fide of a
Jcowi'tufh as are ufedin our rivws in
Americav 3oth ends being alike,1 the
fcow" is equally prepared to go in either
difeHon. Suppoft;thifcow bh one
iiucw ins iivu, IMC cigiu BpatS tO
which (hi is'attached: bv th force of thi
6ifrenf,Thuft' lay obliquely acrofs . the
ream,Trom me centre to tneoppohte
fyt&tflpfeti fcow from. the fhore,'
and il neitHanlv follows, that the t rpam
' preffifigp0,rx th line of boats thus ob
liq'ueJf extended,' will 1drce t hem to.
v ward the eehtre in a: ftralt line i but hei
r :r 'J i .... 1.'. . ' - k .
u. lore rrrey are rorcea tc. tne centre, their
prupuuiyn ,i w K'.cac ag 10 anve tne
fcow tojthe oppofite me,ia'hd fcj alters
nately ;r6m- ihore to ihore,- the power
- either couVfe of the'leow, . tfibratinaflike
the peniulutri ot a'clockj fuppoled to be
moving; in a horizontal line. . This prb;
duces aj great faving of .manual labour;
for bv it one rnah' can work the icow
whidi lotherwile would require 4 or (
men wh oars or "letting; pole. y The
fcows ViH take over t or carriages with
their hjrfes, and perform' the crofling in
left thinten minutesV;- ' ' : ' s -Aftff
'croTlmgtlwTckv the road vIay
bn avry; high and deep bank, not' more
, t.hitt,3jjSrjfeet wide, and at leaft that hejght
t- ilejthegdneral level : of the iourkryv
In maay places we were, on' 2 line with
the tops'qf the houles.. which' . were built'
at thefoot of the' bahk, on each fide
By ths route-we reached Nimegeni 'TTbis!"
placed builron the fide of a hill, and ve--
ry pleafantly fituated on the bfnk ofthe
:Miir. Btt'e the low country terminates
and teland rifes abruptly near ioo feet
andvCjhtinues,yitlr a plain of. tlfet ele va
tiori aioye raelbw'couritry. V Itwas quite
a reiicr to eet on e evated cm inH
they Vo& the performance of: this xdutv;
that the paflage of our cartiage flowjy by;
them, neither, produced a paufe m their,
articulation, nr diverted a look from off
their beads. We icarceiy. travelled a
mile without paffing a crols fixed at'the
fide of the road, and there are frequently
,JmaJr brick arches alpngihe rpad fo con
ftrucled as to'admit' a) figure of the
Virgin Mary, at which the religious pro
ceHions'.of the peafantjy always make a
halt in going from one village to! another
We flopped at a iinall .town called'
Hultz, to dine. While dinner was pre-',
paring we took a walk to the church. In
front -was a crucifix -with., a figure of
the baviour, the .head .decorated- with
Mowers, intermixed with a filver foil;
On going Mntohe church yard, weob
ferved many ofahe graves neW railed
with if refh ". gf een-lbds; ' and " decorated
with artificial mowers, in a;vanety "of
fbrms'lt Was a churclvliblidayT'The
fight, was fo hovel to'hie, that it opened
a new andipleafing train of refleaions
which leiulted m yielding a praife to the
Jiyjjjftjjdia.tus deijtspartyof thejrl
iciuyais 10 an anecuonaie ana pious tca
mem prance Of their deceafed Jnends
and ihat idea, can -more delicately evi
dence fuch remembrance than an occa-
fiona! vifit to the f oot of their interment ?
If , it fhould be faid there is weaknefs in
this conduct; furely it is more than, coufti
terbalariccd by the exhibition of the beft4
affections which flow from the heart. , --
uie arrival at rexeiat, we round a
neat, compact, well-built town, a trreat
part of it being moderi handfome itruci
tures. It is a confrderab'le place for .the
manufacture of filk goods. . There is a
manufafturingihoule eflablimed here by
fix brothers, who It is faid employ as ma
ny As lix thoufand i looms. We were
Ihewn a fart of their manufactory, and
The! e were the firf
eulouf-attehtion.
objects which clainv
The 6a art'confilts
of h ve.fpacibus apartments, w ell ftdeked
with fub ects ot the molt rnaltef Iy execu-
fiohj felected with great tafte apd an; iri-v
creuioie expencfif v..omparea wu meje,
the gallery which I had feen-at the jfVbbe
bt, lJierre, at' Ghent (and which then
thought a lupetb collection; loit much
& its confequence;! A'riaonglt the be is
a rep r dentation of the vile; and fooJiib
virgin, pafrited by Schalcken, and fo in
imitably fine that it is impoffible to quit
the fight without regret: This piece;
though only three feet fix inches by two
feet '.eleven inches, colt 1 jc.oct) ducats .
equal to 7,0!,! jlerling. ' i He next ;fri
yame as to execution, .are two riemmi
fubjects byGerard Dow three feet fix
inches by tv ieei three, and coft 66000.
fjorin, . equal. to .6060I. Iteling each.
Then there are' "25 pieces by Van: der
wcrit, omy tnuiy Dy twenry 1 mcnes,
itrftreayfe -1
Republic, ext ?3prtiing we . crofled
the Rhine to Gologne,4nd went' fo the
hotel La Ville de 'Prague. 1 mention
the name v of the hotel: 'figfw bettijfei
ihall have to fay. fomething- morepafti- -culafly'of
Jtt 'hereafteivrjpuf pallpot v
lyvete demanded, and ourportinanteaxijs
examined by. thet French guajHattrie
."gate f entrance to M 'xphxi
the practice of all the frontier towns of
the French ;RepubIc t'additfoii; to
which, the. ravel lerojnbt ;featd fa ?
ihiniites .at the 'ihotel before (a bobk i$
prefentedto hi.l9be.JliB:Hichh4
is ;tp enter his namef .irohi t whence he
comeswhereThe; Is gbingtisthis ,?
bu finefsr ;:ahd what ;hiagevjn1 J h- .''
Document the hbft make&'a jrefurrt ;,tp
the municipality of thettlace. :v iThetown. -
which is large, is fituated on the left fide -
! of the Rhine, and furms avery 4ntelieft-
mg fight m crofling over toil from lutz;
attempt a minute aelcription of, them
would be futile. . I can only at prefent
fay, that altogether .they formed a' molt
delectable fealt.to the eyes andjimagina
tibn of the fpectator.-, ' '
, From the gallery we .went'toee the
monaftefy and chnrcli - oft St, 1 Anthony.
The tnohaery is occupied by. 40, monks
of the order of St. '.Vrafieis. The! church,
citerg!- by. oneH
of theortksiin Jhe habrt of his order.
It was tfie fiffl, thing of the kind weihad
fceh, and my attention, was wholly fixed
on him ; his hair was (entirely , cut off,
cfofe to his head his ; tunic.br opper velf
was of a ---cuarfe -brown-iclothj with - a
hood hanging "down behind. - The gar
ment was wrapped clofe round his bodv,
ajhd faflened "by a leather belf, to whidh.
was fufpended a frftall crucifix and a
bunch , of keys. f The' Ikirt 'of Jus yeft
reached to his ancles ; he had no ftock-
was cut away fojasrto give them the ap
pearance of fandals, His deportment
was ftmple, courteous and benignant,
and 'he feemed ioderive pleafure from
gratifying our cunoity 'indlrrfivering
our numerous enqunies. v C ; -
WelPioceeded about two miles out of
town to another monaftery," of the cele
brated otdefofXa Trappe. It was with
forhe difficulty that we obtained admif-
-r t n t ri ' 1 . 1
non nere. iris monauery witn me
chapel adjoining, ftands In the midft oi
a large garden, lurrounded. with a hiyh
flqnef wall., , It was near ; four o'clock
when, we entered .the cKapef. f The bell
was ringing fpr! vefpers ; pf courfe. we
had. but a fhoft time for xaminatioR be
fore the fervice' beaah.l1,xaaly. when
the clock ftruck four, this hionks enter
ed the choif at a private door, ranging
themlelves", in ;vqual numbers-.'on each
fide.; ! heir :drds. was a white woolen
Dote the-hufch'?orthepaiU
that of St. Martin's. ? Betides thofe-therie
are one hundred and niqteeri parifh5alid -abbey
Churches arid frxry hine mdnatter
ries, con vents and .abbeys... The towniy
furrouaded with1 a deep toffe and ajltohf
wall forty feet -highl built a taifed'
bank, and extending fburmiles. iTfiis
wall is connected With 83 tpwhs,ptiiii:Qf '
f toner befide8i37palt!es,i ureJiich
are the.gatf's leamn into the.iqttyrhfe
iornncatious rorin 4 ieiui-circie rpuno,
the city,; with" the points on each fide
joining thei". rivl.; rnong .&ther,.;vi
dances of 'tlie antiquity of this; pjac Is-
the Church of 8t.' Gererm his'a cfr
cular buildtagbearingthe rnarlcs'b
treme old ae, and is faid to have, been a
heathen(teihple,'''licdicated tojnercuryv .
before the thritUan eta, here is a date -of
-si 8 over the main entrance, -t This
was abo thej birth latJ df the mother of
. t - --t,-? -..i-rzH-?-.-L-. r-
fntsfiTasd mruTpef leathfTi the Rpman Effiperorr It was for-
much declined oblate, for Yeaforis which
I Ihall heretifter have occaSon ta ftate
The grand Cathedral church was; built
in the ithkenru'ryV butria'erleatirely ;
finifhed. ., I I'eeJ iiicotnpetenf to any. de
fcription of its magnificence, either asjo
its defign or Execution. "1 he whoJe Ityle '
of the.build-ijng is ol the riche'ft Gothic
architecture, j The platform cm t he-altar -is
formed - -A a fingle, piece of . black
marblejaf fifteen ieei in length, ylmjne
diately adjoifiing it, at the back is a tem
ple of . pian!ied copper, finimed bn the
outfide al reund with Ii niarbje, c?6rteet -fuppocted'
by flutdd tBlumns of whfte '
ma rbl, with thts Corimhean tapitalspr.
gilt bralsaild bales of. tne lame. Aflbu
bTe flight oft.ftirs ted up tc fhe temple,"
compofed cl the fiiitt blackr'maiblei.
The fides offthe choir .are hung u'jth the
richeU tapeftfyiv; A. range' of fifteen lof-
m
what life Arid fpirirs manufactures inTDatt
to every town where they are eitabfiflied.'
rrom Creteldf, weltook the road to
DulTeldbrf. Ihe country is extremely
plealdnt, without any.'Inclofures,n and a
great deal ograijti'ihhV'irotihd,' appa-.
rently very prdmillnQh . jthe iijcles b
this part- of jthe ; road th&re ard aljo;
rhany crdffes and. crucifi'xes. They are
generaijy placed under the made of a
the pious traveller duHriff his"; devotion.
About thre'dlbefore-w'arrivcd.air'
Dufieldorf, w6 palled by a very large
building, called Cloylter'Mere, which
i'as a very celebrafed cohverif for nunsi?
tion. I 'Dnlfeldorf is fituated bh-the right,
bank of the Rhine, e!which we i again
crofled in a flying bridge This was our
nru entrance on tne ijerrmn territory. 1
T Ihall now1 have aV a l'ubject for de-:
fcription, a tratt of coun try, and various
tc whs' and cirieifowell known fofages
inhutoryl: atid fd csf ten Hefcribed bv tra-
more, t for by travel liner herwffph f hr vellersvthatl could fcarcelv-fTafter4nvfelf.
4 "r v uucuiiuics ovcra oead nat rWill -."V" wy. iucd,ic
Mhersiofiibbandsl IlcM t. It is furptifing J tunie .faftene'd. with.Ta beltr,round iKe ty - windows of itaiiied-glafeTabQy the;
we Mahtq.tireof..the famencls arid of
- uiq umiy. wmcnvaiways overhangs HJ
" Alter.- leaving Nrrnegen, about- 9 miles,
we.wete out pf the terntories of the 3a
taviah'Republicand entered what fwas
r'oretf?htorClev'es, off the left
, i.bank ttthe 'Rhine,: but ryow; forming val
' .Mtait was.: under : thejgovern
irintftfje Wng of Pruffia".;creves is'aii
,;anaenftown.,. It'gave birth1 toAnnJof
for the mah7 ' p6litfcal arid other triteriat
uiiangc wincii uivc dccu qccajipucujLjyjt
the :"laferwar"' 'tii&mWereaf
moch by' the " bbrobarcments i of theT
r rencn army, j-ne eicantpajace or iue
Palatmel ?acnveht for riuns;!and mirir.
large hpufoareieht
'forftQiQiwit nqttjg ?ut
mats of r uins J but fortunately, th e valuaV
ble gallery bt Datritings attached to th
Palatiste'siJalacehaf elcapcd dcitructioo
waifV-their heads ehtirelv.ba"re. fa their
devotions they were folemharjd imprefA;
five.r-Tbe prder of LafTrppe was for
onetly amorigft the molt feVCTeinJlC'cUf
fcjpline". " One of its laws wa that of etef,
"nal. ilence, .ahd it was not until lately
tnaiiqis requmie was cupeniea witn.. 111
I tbis chapel there is a painting bf the belt
hgure .ot a fNun, one 0 the molt angelic
faces I ever beheld. iWe were told it
wa& copied; from a paSatirig in the Vati
can at Ronie. V.;,;-; v:;,:. .,:
. ' As We returned from tltSbey bf t&
Trappe to the town ; we . paffed a cha
teau belonging: tQ the Eleaorwith' a:
handfonie ; park. The tables are built'
in a grand flyle of archifect uremeafiirr
ing more - than 400 feet in front. .jPutr,
feldorf is pleafantly fituated: on the right
Danicoi tne ivnine, in tne arcieor vyeii-
iphalia; The 5 town itfelf .has a dhll ap-
pearance. naviug no mairuractones m
ANtner na;i aiiy oojects-meriimg paru-
eular;notice, except a finely executed er-:
queltrian ftatue in bronze. iot William,';
Elector, or ijavana-randia coionaae or
excellent af(chitectiireihi
ingen'tirearid latelyattadiedto thplrte.
For the lalt forty miles of our travelling.
we luuixu .luc jvuiimn wmes xnucuui uie
i' After ieay ing JDufleldorf we travelled-
oninengnt nae 01 tne Knine.tmour.way
rib 'Cdtecnfe Wearrivedaf Dutzrheine
Tignt.opppuiejp v9iogne.. .ic peingevcn.
as the French garrifoni at Cbloghe rill
nt permit any boat'to apprpacli the wore
after night, in order to pieVeiitihe fmug-
lower vaulting ;ehcirclmg.',trAe-eaft
curve or tnia nooieieamce, -.aaiaea toa r
lower range f firriilar,, windows fhcdj''
;o;erth&5j.hp(eZfcejiai agreeaHe -kjnd
of glopmlwhich: folrnuch accprd
with the lalcmridevdtions of thVfaints"!
' rLmong- othet things par tictilarly'me
riting the attention of ttrangers at Co
loghe, re a r are', and extenfTve collectida
or nituraf, artifiqal rahd artique produc
tions, in ,the'm cabinet of the Baron
Haplch It is arranged and exhibited,io;
nine rooms. - Thelinfifiity arid valuf of
thebbjects' iteoThprizes. is-ajtonifhing. -Nothing
r Teems toi have efcaped' him in
theremoteltJands,orroftdiltant fh'oresn'
The houfehold gods o China and Japan
therjchefl gemsof Golcanda, th jnurn- .
my and crocodile of gypt, trie ores, hi
which all the precious metals are found 1
'ajrine';prodiictionsViaU the ;thof(feH '
works of . the arts, to the antique ages of, "
Rome and Herculaneumi t are here cpl-
Iected, together, TTie Barori himjelfaai 7"
tb figure,, may alfia be ranked, amongft
the teutique'- curiofities of -his jfabiriet.' - -.He
fs about 66 years f'jtgV and has;4e?
votd the greater-part of Ms life to iftak
mg this coljectiori v Strangers are admit-'
ted1 to view it at; allimesthout aihy '
gratairy arid 'ihC'rpnviirtnivincc
a pleafure In exTihbiri "
difcoVefs af tafte in the infi)ecTiOH.ror a- t
defif e fjir jhtormatiVn ataU fparp
marifingdlHy dfelTedt : f-4trery cool
and plaffl appearance y e'ry eafy and at .
icuuvc, wun out ycry iiiuc cwuvujr -
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