SCHAFFHAUSEN, a large, handsome, and strong town of Switzerland, capital of a canton of the same name, with a castle in the form of a citadel. It is well built, with fine large streets, and adorned with several fountains; and the greatest part of the houses are painted on the outside. It is well fortified, and the cathedral is the largest church in Switzerland; besides which, the minster, with the monastery adjoining thereto, the arsenal, the town-house, the great clock (which shows the course of the sun and moon with their eclipses), and the stone bridge over the Rhine, are well worth the observation of a traveller. That river is of great consequence to the inhabitants with regard to trade. E. Long. 8. 51. N. Lat. 47. 39.
The Canton of SCHAFFHAUSEN, in Switzerland, is bounded on the north and west by Suabia; on the east by the canton of Zurich, and the bishoprick of Con-
Schedule, flance; and on the south by the same, and by Thurgaw. Scheele. It is 22 miles in length, and 10 in breadth; but produces all the necessaries of life, as wine, fish, wood, flax, horses, sheep, wool, black cattle, and deer. The principal town is of the same name.