Eliza Roxcy Snow

“ The country from Berlin to Hamburg is not prepossessing in its appear- ance. It exhibits no variety nor beauty of scenery the face of the country is generally low and flat similar to that of Holland, though not abounding in canals and windmills.
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Hamburg contains a population of two hundred and twenty-five thousand, and is the principal place of commerce, and one of the most beautiful cities in Germany. It is situated on the river Elbe, about eighty miles from its mouth. The port is very extensive, and crowded with shipping of various tonnage. ”

“ Of late years, great alterations and improvements have been made in Vienna, by tearing down old fortifications, erecting public buildings, straight- ening and widening streets and thoroughfares, and multiplying, enlarging and ornamenting public grounds. ”

“ Every day they are march- ine; past our hotel, in battalions, regiments, brigades and divisions, in the most imposing style, with magnificent flags and banners displayed all led by instrumental bands of musicians in rich shining costumes the whole performing their evolutions in the strictest order, skill and precision, pre- senting the finest and most splendid appearance of troops in any country we have visited.
Those fashionable institutions, "houses of ill- fame," are said to flourish and command the patronage of nearly all classes here, as in Paris, the gay metropolis of France ”

“ We left Munich on the morning of the twenty-ninth, and arrived in Vienna by train the following evening. Vienna, the capital of Austria, is sit- uated at the foot of the Vienna Mountain, in a plain, near the right bank of the Danube. It contains a population of about eight hundred thousand. ”

“ Perhaps you are weary of these descriptions of what we are seeing in the world gorgeous churches, museums, picture galleries, mosques, zoologi- cal gardens, relics, ruins, antiqities, crumbling temples, statuary, obelisks, sumptuous palaces, odd customs, singular manners of people, religious fanaticisms, trickery and impostures, etc., but in sight-seeing we are con- fined within the limits of what the pride and vanity of the world have labored to exhibit, rather than what, in many instances, we should have preferred seeing. ”

“ The Bourse, the great rendezvous of merchants and capitalists of every rank, presents a lively, stirring business aspect, between the hours of 1 and 2 o'clock p. m., when three or four thousand business people may generally be seen thronging the apartments. ”

“ The suburbs of the city are very populous, containing many splendid edifices, fine promenades, and ornamental gardens. Many of the squares are decorated with various statues and monuments, displaying great skill in design and execution; among these is an equestrian statue of the Emperor Joseph III, who is represented on horseback, stretching out his hand, and blessing the people. Also an equestrian statue of the Archduke Charles, erected in I860 he is represented at the battle of As pern, in the attitude of raising the flag, to lead the grenadiers to the attack. ”

“ The Zoological and Botanical Gardens are repre- sented to be among the finest in Germany.
We left Berlin on the fifteenth, and arrived in Hamburg the following evening, with the intention of remaining one day only. At the railroad station, the proprietor of a commodious hotel, in the most respectful man- ner, solicited our patronage, conducted us into his best apartments, and bestowed upon us more than ordinary attentions. ”

“ Munich. Visit to a Royal Palace. Statue of Bavaria. Imperial Wedding. Vienna. The Arsenal. Summer Palace. The Great Exhibition. Berlin. Royal Palace. Banquet Hall. Monuments. U. S. Minister. Parliament. Soldiers. Moral condition of Berlin. Hamburg. In London.
VIENNA, AUSTRIA, MAY GTH, 1873. Editor Deseret News :
We spent a few days very pleasantly, and I hope profitably, in Munich, the capital of Bavaria. Our hotel accommodations, politeness of host, and the attention of servants, have been nowhere excelled. ”