Kerguelen’s voyA'ge to the north-. 7$5 Berghen formerly had the privilege of coining; this {he retained until 1575. As yet there is preferved in the cabinet of medals at Copenhagen, one which was {truck here in the reign of Eric. The city was built in 1070 and 1071. Several councils have been held here. As the greateft part of Berghen is built of wood, this town has fre- quently been a prey to the flames : it was burnt in 1248 ; eleven churches were reduced to allies : the fame misfortune happened to it in 1472, in 1C23, in 1640, in 1702, and in 1756; at this laft fire fixteen hundred houfes were deftroyed. The city is very extenfive. The ftreets are not ftraighf, and are irregularly paved with large and final! {tones, but are kept very clean. The houfes, although built of wood, afford a very pleafing appearance, from the diverfity of colours with which they are painted : they are extremely pretty within ; no gold or filver is feen, but the furniture is neat, and agreeably fimple. The city of Berghen may contain three thoufand houfes, and more than twenty thou- fand inhabitants: the inhabitants of Hamburg, Lubeck, and Bremen, annually refort there for the fiffiery. The religion of the country' is Lutheran, of the creed of Augfburg, known in Ger- many by the title of Evangelical; it is the religion of the Sovereign, and prevails through ail the poffeffions of the King of Denmark. All other religions are tolerated (but with- out allowance of public worfhip), provided they do not difturb the commonweal. Every inhabitant, whatever may be his religion, or ftation in life, enjoys equally the protection of the government; no one undergoes vexation for confcience fake. As to the manners of the inhabitants of Berghen, it is difficult to fatisfy the reader on that article, for it is compofed of different nations; many Germans and Scotch have fucceffively come to eftablifh themfelves here, and intermarried with the natives : in ge- neral the men are ftrong and robuft, little polilhed, although affable to flrangers from intereft. There is but little nobility at Berghen ; moft of the inhabitants are merchants or tradefmen, dealing by wholefale or retail- There are however fome aiftinguiffied families, but they are very few in number. The women are in general fond of work ; they employ themfelves in their houfehold affairs, and in commerce; they are not addifted to luxury ; they receive Grangers, to whom they are partial, with courtefy, and particularly the French, who are very wel- come vifitants ; which occafions on the part of the hufbands a great jealoufy of them. The Norwegian women are handfome, but not well informed : more politenefs is met with in other parts of Norway, but throughout the country Bacchus and Ceres find more votaries among the men than Venus. They are fond of fpirits, and fmoak a great deal. They make up affemblies, confifting wholly of men, and prefer them, which they call ejiaminet, to the fociety of the ladies ; this engages them in turn to revenge themfelves without ceremony, by the help of more amiable and gallant ftrangers. The garrifon of Berghen is compofed of one battalion of regular troops, one free company of one hundred and fifty men, and a fmall detachment of artillery, making together fix hundred men. "The commerce of the city of Berghen confifis of all forts of fiffi, fat merchandize,, {kins, and wood. Thefe commodities are produced in the provinces north of Berghen. The haven is fafe and good, and can hold a large number of veffels of every dimenfion. It has an additional advantage of never freezing, and being always navigable. The burghers of Berghen have about eighty veffels employed in external commerce, and with which they trade through the ocean, in the Mediterranean, in the North fea, and in the Baltic. Befides, upwards of one thoufand veffels of different nations arrive there, bringing fait, grain, flour, brandy, and other commodities. They alfo fend feveral 1 o. veffels.

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