The first Place of any Importance is CROSSEN. This City is the Capital of the Dutchy from whence it has its Name, which formerly made a Part of _Silesia_, but is now annex’d to the Electorate of _Brandenburgh_. There’s a Bridge at _Crossen_, by which we pass the River _Oder_, defended by Fortifications. The Town is situate in a pleasant fruitful Country. The Houses, which are all of Brick, are uniform, and the Streets as strait as a Line. The chief of them terminate in a great Square in the middle of the Town, where there is a Statue of the King of _Prussia_. The River _Oder_ is of great advantage to the Commerce of _Crossen_, which carries on a considerable Trade in Linnen-Cloth and Earthen Ware. Going out of _Crossen_, we pass this River by a Bridge, as we do a second time over to FRANCFORT, a considerable City of the Marquisate of _Brandenbourg_, famous for its Fairs, and its University. This City has stood the Shock of various Revolutions. It was put under the Ban of the Empire by the Emperor _Charles_ IV. for having disobey’d his Orders; and the Inhabitants to make him easy were forc’d to pay him down 12000 Marks of Silver, which at that time was an immense Sum. In 1631 the _Swedes_ besieg’d and took it by Storm, when they put all the Inhabitants to the Sword in reprisal for the Massacre of 2000 _Swedes_, whom the Emperor’s General Count _Tilly_ had inhumanly put to death in the City of _Brandenbourg_. By the Peace of _Munster_, or _Westphalia_, which establish’d the Tranquility of the Empire, _Francfort_ was restor’d to the Elector of _Brandenbourg_ its lawful Sovereign. Here is a University founded by _Joachim_ I. (Margrave of _Brandenbourg_) in 1506, which is very much frequented by the _Silesians_, and by the _Hungarian_ Protestants. There are two Fairs a Year at _Francfort_, which render it a trading City, and its Commerce consists in Linnen-Cloth, and Fells. ’Tis ten Miles from _Francfort_ to _Berlin_, and a flat sandy Country. The Road leads thro’ _Munchenbourg_, a little Town chiefly inhabited by the Descendants of _French_ Men, who left their Country upon the Revocation of the Edict of _Nantes_. The nearer one comes to the Capital of _Brandenbourg_, the more sandy is the Soil, yet the Country produces plenty of Corn and Fruits. BERLIN is the common Residence of the King of _Prussia_, and one of the largest, best built, and best govern’d Cities in all _Germany_. The Streets are spacious, strait, neat and well pav’d. The Situation is advantageous; for tho’ it lies in a very sandy Soil, yet it is encompass’d with agreeable Gardens producing Fruits and excellent Pulse, and its Commerce is much improv’d by the River _Spree_; which passes thro’ the City, and has a Communication with the _Havel_, the _Oder_, and the _Elbe_.