. The earth and its inhabitants .. . Hamburg owes its pre-eminence not merely to natural advantages, but more especially to the spirit of enterprise which has ever distinguished its citizens. Originally a " brook," or swamp, a mile in width, separated the city from the Elbe; but this the citizens drained several centuries ago, and ever since that time they have been unremitting in their endeavours to improve the navigation of the Lower Elbe. Works of "regulation" now in progress are intended to

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