Kalm's account of his visit to England : on his way to America in 1748 / translated by Joseph Lucas ; with two maps and several illustrations.

  • Pehr Kalm
Date:
1892
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Credit: Kalm's account of his visit to England : on his way to America in 1748 / translated by Joseph Lucas ; with two maps and several illustrations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    utan böter, but where anyone takes a chaise. vagn,* to a certain place outside the town it then commonly de- pends on a bargain. Besides this there is the law or regulation, lag eller Stadga, for these hire-chaises in the town, that if one wishes to have the carriage for several hours, a half or a whole day, then it is paid for according to the number of hours, in this way, that two shillings are always paid for the first hour, but after that, only a shilling is paid for each hour. In the same way one can almost anywhere get a carrier, åkare, to convey anything that may be needed. Similarly there is always a multitude of porters, Bärare, ready to carry anything from one place to another. In several places, especially at the west side of the town, where the Court resides, der Hofvet bor, there are seen a number of Post Chaises, which stand for hire at anybody’s service. At all the steps by the river, and in the “ lanes,” gränderna, which run down to the same [T. I. p. 449] there stand whole troops of rowers, Roddare, who as soon as they become aware of anyone Corning a long way off, set up a horrible noise, et faseligt buller, so that by shouts and upraised hands they made known their readiness to carry one where he wished to go on the river.t The Penny Post is also here a useful institution, which consists in this, that if one has a letter or anything else, which does not exceed a pound in weight, to send to anyone in London, or the places situated close by, it is * “ We engaged what is termed a wagon, but which bears a tolerable re- semblance to an ordinary post chaise, to take us to Brill,” &c., p. 32, Desctiptive History of Holland. Grandfather, 1819. i2mo. [J.L.] f Vincent Boume gives an amusing description of this in his “ Iter per Thamisin.” “ At nautae venientem ubi me videre sagaces, Sese disponunt, omnes clamare parati, Et jam protensis manibus diversa loquuntur,” &c. [J.L.]
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