Copy 1, Volume 1

St. Petersburgh: a journal of travels to and from that capital. Through Flanders, the Rhenich provinces, Prussia, Russia, Poland, Silesia, Saxony, the federated states of Germany, and France / By A.B. Granville.

  • Granville, A. B. (Augustus Bozzi), 1783-1872.
Date:
1829
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: St. Petersburgh: a journal of travels to and from that capital. Through Flanders, the Rhenich provinces, Prussia, Russia, Poland, Silesia, Saxony, the federated states of Germany, and France / By A.B. Granville. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    FORM OF A MARCHE-ROUTE AND POSTING DIARY, Kept from day to day in a journey from London to St. Petersburg]!, and back, by the Author, in which the distances are marked, and the amount of expense noted ; with the smallest number of horses and drivers required for a traveller and his servant, with a light open carriage, or calash, according to the regulations of each country, as well as the best inns and places of resort, with other necessary observations. Country through which we passed. £ O w w o z < E=h W es w Q £ < Date. t 1st. 2nd. 3rd. 4th. 5 th. Names of the principal Towns and Post-houses. LONDON Dartford ROCHESTER Sittingbourne (0 CANTERBURY DOVER (2) English miles CALAIS (3) a 3d horse, six months in winter Gravelines a 3d horse six months in winter DUNKIRK a 3d horse all the year round Douane. The Frontiers, are 4 lieues from Dunkirk Furnes Ghistel OSTEND (4) BRUGES Eecloo GHENT Quadrecht Alost Assche BRUSSELS See n. 42, part 1. in Post- miles, leagues veists. Miles. 18 15 11 16 16 76 French Postes. n 41 Lieues 5* 7 2 7* 6 *2 4 3 3 45i g Amount for Posting. No. of Horses. 2 No. or Drivers. 1 £. s.d. 1 7 o £, s* d. 0 4 0 0 16 6 0 3 0 1 2 6 0 3 0 1 4 0 0 4 0 1 4 0 0 4 0 2 Horses f. c. l Postil. f- c. 7 50 5 0 6 0 4 0 fir. ct. fir. ct. 5 25 2 56 7 0 3 29 2 0 0 94 7 50 3 52 6 0 2 72 5 0 2 35 2 50 1 17 4 0 1 88 3 0 1 41 3 0 1 41 State of heal th t State of the weather, t Observations. The amount of turn pikes on this line of roac is about 10s. (1) Rose Inn. (2) Ship Inn. York Hotel. Steam Vessel. The Salamander. Charge for a carriage 3 guineas, passengers 10s. 6d. each, servants 5s. (3) The horses through- out France at 30 sous each. On quitting Calais pay one half post above the distances. The French postilions are entitled only to 75 centimes, but the travel* l< rs had better give 2 frs. to be civilly treated. At Dunkirk the H6tel de Flandres. The lieue in Flanders is half a French poste, The price in Flanders is 1 tior. or 2 f. 11. c. for each horse, and each poste consisting of two leagues. The postilion had better be paid at the same rate as in France which makes 91 cts. for 2 lieues, though entitled only to eight stubers. (4) FI6tel des Pays Bays, formerly Cour Im- periale. At Bruges, the Fleur de Ble. At Ghent, the Hotel de la Poste, between the poste aux chevaux and the Theatre. Hotel Bellevue. — De l’Europe. D’Angleterre. + These three columns are not filled up in the present case, being retained only to exhibit the diary in its complete form. In the first column, for the da^ys of the month, I have, in this instance, substituted the number of days that elapsed after leaving England.