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Doc. 207.] 133
SWEDENBORG’S TRAVELS IN 1743.
leading to it are eleven river-mills lying close to one another.
I examined the Town-Hall in the market-place, and the great
Roland [statue], which is the sign of a free town ; afterwards
the Church of St. Nicholas, the Cathedral, and the Hospital.
There are also some statues in the town.
August 20. I left Bremen for Leer, passing through
Oldenburg, which is an earldom belonging to the King of
Denmark. Leer has good ramparts, with sufficient water in
the moats. I likewise passed through Neuschanz. Near Leer
is a fortification called Leerort, belonging to Holland. I
journeyed thence to Gröningen, which is a large town under
the Prince of Orange. In Leeuwarden I saw his palace, and
the one used by his mother, which is called the Princess’s
palace ; likewise the Town-Hall and several other buildings.
We arrived there by canal-boat.
There are two roads from Gröningen, one by Harlingen,
and the other by Lemmer. The former place can also be
reached by canal-boat, the latter, only by carriage ; we chose
the road to Harlingen through Leeuwarden.
From Harlingen which is a large town -
[Here the manuscript abruptly breaks off. The Swedish
editor adds, "It is impossible to say whether the continuation
was written or not, for the word "stad" (town) is at the
bottom of page 6; this is followed by several blank pages ; but
it is certainly true that some pages (perhaps four) have been
torn out. On the remnants of two of the pages which have been
cut out large numerals, written by an unskilled (perhaps a
child’s) hand, are visible."
Swedenborg’s only object in making this journey (as we
learn from Document 164, B) was to print his Regnum Animale
at the Hague; volumes I and II of that work were printed
there. The Swedish editor was, therefore, quite right in
making the following additional remarks in a note : "Whether
the continuation of this journal of travel was written or not
is uncertain : if it was, it could not have been very long ; as
the journey from Harlingen to the Hague was all that was
left for him to describe."]
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