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upon the very edge of that channel, fo well known by the name of the SOUND, and re- ceives into its bofom a fmall arm of the fea, which divides Zealand from another ifle of lefs extent, but of very agreeable fituation, named AMAC. Copenhagen, which is at prefent very ftrong, wealthy, and populous, hath continually improved in its dimenfions and beauty ever fince king Chriftopher of Bavaria fixed his refidence there in the year 1443 but it owes its greateft fplendor to the laft reign, and that of the prefent king Frederic V. in which it hath been adorned with a palace worthy of the monarch who inhabits it, and with many ftately build- ings, as well public as private.
At fome leagues diftance towards the north, this channel, which washes the walls of Copenhagen, grows gradually nar- rower, being confined between the two oppofite coafts of Zealand and Schonen, till it forms at length what is properly called the Paffage of the Sound; one of the moft celebrated and moft frequented ftraits. in the world; and which opens the prin- cipal communication between the ocean and the Baltic. ELSENORE, which is fituated on the brink of the Sound, and defended by the fortrefs of CRONENBERG, enjoys the ever-moving picture of a multitude of fhips, which pafs and repafs, and come to
