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14 SWEDENBORG’S TRAVELS AND DIARIES. [Doc. 205.
appearance, and to the very roofs resemble the dwellings in
Italy and Paris.
It is worthy of notice that outside the city proper, or that
part which is surrounded by walls, another city, which is called
Friedrichstadt, scarcely smaller than the former, has been built;
this has been very much enlarged and the number of its in
habitants has greatly increased under the present king. About
the middle of the " Friedrichstrasse," which is nearly half a
[Swedish or German] mile long, a row of new houses com
mences, which in height and external appearance are from
basement to roof so much alike that you might imagine it
was only one house, when yet it consists of from four to five
hundred separate dwellings. The regularity, however, is inter
rupted near the market-place. These buildings are not yet
finished ; but by the king’s command the work is being carried
on most vigorously. The street terminates in the market
place, which is a handsome circle ; the market-place, however,
is terminated by the gate by which the town is closed. Most
of these dwellings have been built by trades-people and
mechanics, and the rest by the nobles and the higher classes.
You might suppose they were a hundred ducal residences,
when yet they are the houses of mechanics and trades-people,
who in other towns generally live in huts, cabins, and log
houses. What delights the eye most, and exhilarates the mind,
is the wonderful symmetry and continuity of the houses, so
that you might say many thousands of men have a common
dwelling, and live in one house under the same roof.
The town is very populous : for the trades and manu
factures flourish and prosper, many mechanics and manufac
turers driven out and banished from France, having taken up
their abode here. A vast stream of people pass along the
streets and lanes, and gather in dense crowds around the public
buildings. Many of these people, however, belong to the mili
tary class, and at every corner sentinels may be seen. From
this we may conclude that not only commerce, but manufactures
also can make towns wealthy ; for no merchandize is brought
hither by sea , but manufactures attract the money, which
is retained and prevented from going abroad and being
scattered.
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