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768 KERGUELEN’S VOYAGE TO THE NORTH.
The infurance company was formed in 1727 ; it is divided into fhares of a thoufand
crowns.
The bank, which may be efteemed the fpring of the Danifh trade, owes its exiftence
‘toa company, which by this eftablifhment rendered a fignal fervice to the two kingdoms
of Denmark and Norway.
The African company was eftablifhed in 1755, to continue a branch of commerce
begun by individuals: its charter, granted for forty years, allows an exclufive right to
this trade from the 22° to the 36° of latitude. Hitherto the trade has been carried on
chiefly with Saffy, Sallee, and Santa Cruz. The company import wool, copper, wax, and
leather ; it exports thither linen and woollen cloths, {pices and other commodities which
Europe furnithes to Africa. The fame company exports to the Weft Indies, that is to
fay, to the iflands of St. Thomas, St. John, and Santa Cruz; it is compofed of five hun-
dred {hares, each of five hundred crowns.
I have previoufly noticed the company which carries on exclufively the trade of Ice-
land. I havea few words to fay of the manufactories. Frederic V. neglected nothing
to eftablifh them in Denmark and Norway. They manufacture fail-cloth, ordinary
linens, cambric, paper, tobacco, ftuffs, refined fugar, earthen-ware, porcelain, alum, and
foap. At Copenhagen they make lace, gold and filver fringe, all forts of jewellery,
arms, mufkets for the army, blankets, and filk ftuffs, ftained and painted carpets,
wove ftockings, hats, and velvet. Their induftry in tanning of leather promifes them
fuccefs. The gloves of Runder and Odenfu are famous; in fhort, manufactures in-
creafe and mend daily: whatever foreign merchandize can be difpenfed with is regu-
larly prohibited.
In Zealand and Norway are cannon and other foundries. ‘This is the roll of the
land forces of Denmark, according to the regulation of 1763 :
Horfe and foot guards - : = 704
Cuiraffiers - “ A 4380
Dragoons - - = 2936
Huffars - . . = 600
Infantry - - - 20,020
Artillery 2 = = I 158
Engineers a = » = ar
Total 29,813
Befides thefe, in Denmark and in Norway are thirty thoufand national guards, among
which is a body of fkaters of fix hundred men, very dangerous enemies; who, by
means of a particular kind of fkate, get forward over the ice and {now with incredible
{wiftnels.
The king of Denmark in 1763 had twenty-fix fail of fhips, carrying from forty to
ninety guns, and feven or eight frigates. The failors defigned for the royal navy are
of two clafles. ‘Lhofe who dwell by the fea-fide are clafled, and their number is about
twenty-five thoufand. ‘Thefe men ferve the king in all extraordinary armaments, and
almoft always in partial equipments. The fecond clafs, which is more intimately united
to the royal navy, is compofed of four divifions: each divifion has its chief, and ten
companies of each one hundred and eighteen men. The companies are commanded
by captains of fhips, who have two fubaltern officers under them. It is in imitation
of this corps that, at the end of the war, fixteen companies of foldier-failors were formed
in France, under the name of the regiment of Dunkirk. This fecond clafs of failors
confifts
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