2  ist.  Went  with  Mrs.  Adams  at  one  to  Mrs.  Errington's  lodg-
ings. Left  her  and  took  a  walk  about  the  town.  The  princi-
pal remarkable  objects  are  a  very  handsome  bridge  over  the
Elbe,  which  separates  the  old  from  the  new  town  of  Dresden ;
the  Catholic  Church,  or  Elector's  Chapel,  communicating  with
the  Electoral  Palace  ;  the  Zwinger,  a  set  of  buildings  forming
a  square,  which  are  in  a  bad  taste  of  architecture — used  to  con-
tain a  museum,  and  an  orangery,  and  several  churches.  It  is
a  rule  to  cross  the  bridge  always  on  the  right  hand,  of  which  I
was  reminded  by  a  sentinel.  In  a  square  beyond  the  bridge  is
an  equestrian  statue  of  the  Elector  Augustus  the  Second  in


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bronze  gilt.     I  went  into  the  church  of  the  new  city,  where  I
found  the  religious  service  performing.
22d.  Just  after  ten  this  morning,  Mr.  Errington  called  and
went  with  me  to  the  gallery  of  pictures,  where  I  spent  a  couple
of  hours  in  looking  over  them.  It  is  one  of  the  finest  collec-
tions in  Europe,  and  requires  to  be  more  leisurely  viewed.
24th.  At  four  this  morning  we  left  the  Hotel  de  Pologne,
which  is  an  excellent  inn.  The  postmen  are  remarkably  punc-
tual here,  and  they  require  the  same  punctuality  on  the  part  of
travellers.  We  passed  through  the  Elector's  garden,  and  arrived
in  two  hours  at  Zehist,  a  stage  of  two  German  miles.  The  road
is  the  best  we  have  had  the  whole  way  from  Berlin.  From
thence  to  Peterswalde,  which  is  only  a  stage  of  two  miles,  we
were  four  hours  and  a  half  upon  the  road,  which  was  very  hilly.
