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upon the very edge of that channel, so well known by the name of the Sound, and receives into its bosom a small arm of the sea, which divides Zealand from another isle of less extent, but of very agreeable situation, named Amac. Copenhagen, which is at present very strong, wealthy, and populous, hath continually improved in its dimensions and beauty ever since king Chriftopher of Bavaria fixed his residence there in the year 1443 but it owes its greatest splendor to the last reign, and that of the present king Frederic V, in which it hath been adorned with a palace worthy of the monarch who inhabits it, and with many stately buildings, as well public as private.
At some leagues distance towards the north, this channel, which washes the walls of Copenhagen, grows gradually narrower, being confined between the two opposite coasts of Zealand and Schonen, till it forms at length what is properly called the Passage of the Sound; one of the most celebrated and most frequented straits. in the world; and which opens the principal communication between the ocean and the Baltic. Elsenore, which is situated on the brink of the Sound, and defended by the fortress of Cronenberg, enjoys the ever-moving picture of a multitude of ships, which pass and repass, and come to
