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Agrippina, aggrandized the city by a Roman Colony thence-
forward called "Colonia Agrippina". She was born in the town
of the Ubü during the campaings of her Father Germanicus. It
continued to be the Capital of Rhenish Gaul until the Franks
called Ripuanï, made themselves masters of the country
in 462. But few monuments however are found of there
proud masters of the Universe. Until the occupation of the
town by the French the town has always prospered in patri-
cian families, & the magistrates were invested with the
consular toga, accompanied by [illegible?]. A substenane-
-ous aqueduct, the work of the Romans,runs from Cologne
to Treves, the purpose of [illegible?]:has not yet been determined
by antiquaries. The Emperor Constantine established
at Cologne, a stone bridge over the Rhine, of which the
piers are still seen when the water is low. Fortifications
are now throwing up in its [illegible?] by the Prussions. The town
comprises about 7400 houses, & 50,000 of population. The
streets however are narrow, & [illegible?] to remain in the now
offensive condition. Before its occupation by the French
it had 12,000 mendicants, who had fixed [illigible?] for the
exercise of their trade, which descended as an hereditary prof
-fession, to their children. The language, the manners,
& the physiognomy of the inhabitants attest their descent
from a Colony of foreigners. The new square planted
with Linden trees, the haymarket, & that called deten-
-markt aer the best part of the town. We lodged at the
St.Esprit, which is abreast with the river, & looks upon the Quay.
But the most interesting object is the Dôme, or great Gothic
Church which tho' not finished, may well be reckoned one
of the most beautiful & superb specimens of that style of ar-
-chitecture. The Archbishop Engelbert de Berg formed the
plan of this vast & magnificent edifice, & his successor
Conrad de Hochsteden commenced its execution in 1248,
and continued in the 1499. It's built in the
form of a Cross, & the arches of the vaulted roof are retained
by a quadruple row of 100 columns. The four grand columns
of the centre are nearly 30 ft in circumference, & each of the
hundred columns is crowned by a capital of some particular
design. The two towers, of [illegible?] each was intended to be 500 ft
high remain unfinished, & the one on the north side is [illegible?]above
21 ft above the ground, while the other reached only the half of
its intended height. the Choir of the Church however with its
chapels, have been finished. Groupes of columns of imme-