The inhabitants of Bremen are rather of a short sta ture, and form a striking contrast with the tall southern Germans. They are simple and frugal in their man ners, and retain many very primitive modes of living. The usual hour of dinner is eleven o'clock in the fore noon ; but on Sundays, it is the practice to breakfast at six in the morning, and to dine at ten. They are oblig ing, frank, charitable, and hospitable in their disposi tions; industrious, orderly, and peaceful, in their habits ; possessed in general of good natural abilities, improved by a liberal education; and without much pretensions or display of literature, are well acquainted with the chief subjects of useful knowledge. Though they are little addicted to the arts of luxury, it appears, from a paint ing in the senate-house, that the use of coaches was known among them at a very early period. In the piece to which we allude, and which is a view of the city paint ed in 1661, is represented a quadrangular carriage, supported upon four pillars, and covered with a canopy, but open on each side, so as to discover the persons within it, The principal manufactor, in Bremen, arc cloth, cards, linen, Osnahurghs, printed calicoes, stockings, bonnets, canvas, cards, corks, glass, starch, and strong beer, for which lust article it has long been famed over the continent. It is celebrated also for its Rhenish wine, the sale of which is monopolized by the city, and is con fined to the public vaults. It is much engaged in the
whale fishery, and carries on a considerable traffic in blubber and whale bone with the south of Germany. Great quantities of salmon, also, are taken by the inhabi tants, and are chiefly prepared for exportation by being smokc-dried. Its commerce with France, especially in wines, is very considerable. Its exports in iron, flax, and linen, to England, Spain, and Portugal, are also very valuable ; and next to Ilinnburgh, it has more trade with America than any other maritime town in Germany. It is rather remarkable, that the trade of Bremen with foreign countries should be so extensive, when it is con sidered, that large vessels can ascend the \Veser only to within two leagues of the city, smaher ones only to within a league and a half ; and that thus all the mer chandise, whether export or import, must be loaded and unloaded a second time at Vegesack, which may be regarded as the port of Bremen. It is inferior to Ham burgh in population, wealth, and commerce ; but it oc cupies nearly as much ground, and the streets are cleaner and wider, the houses better built, and the whole better planned as a city. Bremen is ten German miles dis tant from Mundell, twelve from Zell, and an equal dis tance from Hamburgh. East Long. 9°, North Lat. 53' 30'. See Holcroft's Travels ; and Knigge's Journey to Loaner Saxony. (q)