an ancient and considerable town of Denmark, the metropolis of a duchy of the same name, in the province of Gottorp, the see of a bishop, which was secularized in the year 1586. The old palace of Gottorp is close to it, which was formerly the ducal residence, but afterwards inhabited by the governor. This town at one period was much more extensive than it is now, having suffered greatly by the German wars. It is seated on the gulf of Sley, where there is a commodious harbour, 60 miles north-west of Lubeck, and 125 south-west of Copenhagen. The people boast that the German language is here spoken with as much accuracy as at Vienna, of which, however, a good German scholar can alone be judge. Sleswick has but little trade, as none but small boats can have access to it, the passage of the Sley having been long since choked up with sand and mud; before which period it was both flourishing and populous. It is now chiefly inhabited by the officers of the cattle, and the poorer claeses, or the attendants on the court and on them. The present population is said not to exceed 5000. E. Long. 10. o. N. Lat. 54. 40.

the duchy of, or South Jutland, is about 100 miles in length and 60 in breadth. It is bounded on the north by North Jutland, on the east by the Baltic sea, on the south by Holstein, and on the west by the ocean. It contains 14 cities, 17 towns, 13 castles, 278 parishes, 1480 villages, 162 farms, 116 water-mills, and 1-6 gentlemen's seats. It is a pleasant, fertile populous country, and a sovereign duchy. Formerly the king of Denmark had half of it, and the other belonged to the house of Holstein-Gottorp; but the former having conquered this duchy, had the possession of it confirmed to him by the treaty of the north in 1720. In 1731, a prince of Barchth-Culmbach was made governor of this duchy, who resides at Gottorp.

SLÉUT-HOUNDE, the ancient Scots name of the blood-hound. The word is from the Saxon slot, "the impression that a deer leaves of its foot in the mire," and hound, "a dog;" so they derive their name from following the track. See the article BLOOD-Hound.