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diftin&ion, who made occasional vifits to the court, hath caufed a (lillnefs in the Streets of Manheim, more fuited to theidea of a large village than the capital of a province. The inhabitants however retain the fame difpofition to gaiety anddiftipation, and are as relaxed in their morals as when they breathed the infe&ious air of the court. The public buildingsmoSt worthy of notice are, the Jefuits church, which is a fine edifice, and from every approach to the town forms a ftrikingobject; the town-houfe, the church adjoining it, and the market-place, which form an area that would be admired in anycity of Europe. The town-houfe is very properly adorned with a well executed figure of Juftice; a flatue reprefentingReligion, intended as a companion to it, being fixed on the front of the church. Nor can a fitter refidence be found forReligion herfelf than the church of Manheim; which exhibits a ftriking proof, that unity of fpirit may be compatiblewith difference of opinion. For in this church the Romanifts, Lutherans, and Calvinifts, fucceftively aflemble; nopart of the Sunday being appropriated to the ufe of either, but each in turns giving and taking precedency in point oftime. The refult of this Singular regulation, which is not lefs honorable to the liberality and wifdom of the government,than to the candor and moderation of the religious communities of Manheim, is the fatisfa&ion of all parties, and themoft perfe<5t harmony and concord among the different fe6ts which compofe the inhabitants of the city.

I WAS fo pleafed with every thing I faw at Manheim, that I determined not to leave it without making as perfeftand comprehenfive a drawing of it from the moft pi£turefque point of view, as the time of my flay and the Slate of theweather would admit. That I might not be interrupted in my operations, I acquainted General Fallier, who com-mands the garrifon, with my defign; and requefted his permiftion to carry it into execution. He received me withgreat politenefs, and apologized for being obliged to lay me under any reftribtions with refpe£t to the fortifications, ofwhich he could not allow me to make any drawing; to the reft he readily confented. A guard-houfe on the oppofitefide of the river was the point of view which I thought moft favorable to my purpofe, as it took in three principalobje6ts, viz. the Jefuits church, a fmall part of the ele&oral palace, and the obfervatory. From this place thereforeI made the drawing which furnifhes the fubjeft of the firft print. I cannot take leave of Manheim without obferving,that it was the firft place at which I could bring myfelf to think any entertainment could equal that of the inns andtaverns of England: my accommodation at the cour palatine in that city, was in no refpe£t inferior, excepting in theamount of their charges, to the firft hotels of London.

Having no particular inducement to prolong our Stay at Manheim, we purfued our route to Mentz, through acountry as flat and deftitute of entertaining obje£ts as any we had paffed. But the fcene very greatly improved as weapproached Mentz: the grandeur of the Rhine, which is here considerably wider than we had hitherto obferved it;the boldnefs of diftant hills which became difcernible; and the beauty of the lefler eminences, cloathed with vineyards,that lay in our way, formed a rich, variegated, and delightful profpe<51. The conflux of the Rhine and Maine, which

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