Was now the head-quarters of a legion raised by the Prince of Salm, for
the pay of Great Britain; and a scarlet uniform, somewhat resembling
the English, was frequent on the quay. We heard of several such _corps_
in Germany, and of the facility with which they are raised, the English
pay being as eight-pence to two-pence better than those of Austria and
Prussia. Recruits receive from one to two crowns bounty: whether it
is equally true, that the officers are, notwithstanding, allowed ten
pounds for each, we cannot positively assert; but this was said within
the hearing of several at Cologne, and was not contradicted. _La solde
d'Angleterre_ is extremely popular in Germany; and the great wealth of
the English nation begins to be very familiarly known.