distance twice, when I went to look after my trunk before I got it
out of the ship. As it was quite dark when I came back the first
evening, I was astonished at the admirable manner in which the
streets are lighted up; compared to which our streets in Berlin make
a most miserable show. The lamps are lighted whilst it is still
daylight, and are so near each other, that even on the most ordinary
and common nights, the city has the appearance of a festive
illumination, for which some German prince, who came to London for
the first time, once, they say, actually took it, and seriously
believed it to have been particularly ordered on account of his
arrival.



CHAPTER IV.



The 9th June, 1782.

I preached this day at the German church on Ludgate Hill, for the
Rev. Mr. Wendeborn. He is the author of "Die statischen Beytrage
zur nahern Kentniss Grossbrittaniens." This valuable book has
already been of uncommon service to me, and I cannot but recommend
it to everyone who goes to England. It is the more useful, as you
can with ease carry it in your pocket, and you find in it
information on every subject. It is natural to suppose that Mr.
Wendeborn, who has now been a length of time in England, must have
been able more frequently, and with greater exactness to make his
observations, than those who only pass through, or make a very short