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Rotterdam Sept 1st 1779 Black lion Inn.
Paper
Another advantage of this sort of paper is that it will suffer
less by being doubled up or rumpled. It will bear to be folded up
in different forms without wearing to pieces so soon in the pocket.
Sword-hook.
Perhaps it was sent to Greensill's with the Sword but not
returned with it. If you find it do send it me. There
may be time to send that & other things to Hamburgh in the
parcel Lindgren is to send me.
It was near 6 o'Clock when we set out from Hellvoetsluys
for this Place. We had half a dozen different accounts
of the distance; some making it 11 or 12 miles others 25 or 26.
Our equipage consisted of a Phaeton and a Waggon. It would
have cost you some consideration from the general appearance
of these 2 Vehicles to have determined which was which. They
had each 2 horses, 4 wheels, and no springs at least none
of Steel: the Pa body of the Phaeton was connected with the Carriage
by thick leather straps which yielded a little to the Jolts. It
was to hold 6 people upon 3 seats arranged in the same manner
as in our long Greenwich coaches. As there were 7 of us
I chose to sit on the seat with the coachman, that I might
see more about me and be sure of being in the open air, as
well as that I might observe the manner of guiding or rather
steering the carriage: the contrivance for this purpose is
very strange, requires a great degree of dexterity and a stant
attendance and at the same time I should not
to trust to it where it was necessary to keep
a foot or two. The Steersman was very near
the carriage over into the River as he was driv
into a ferry boat. It is absolutely impossible
to get out of these carriages without rubbing
against the wheel. They drive however faster than
I expected and keep the same pace in all sorts
of roads except theyat they mend their pace as they pass
through a Village.
Desiderata
Things to be sent if you have an opportunity to Hamburgh
or to Petersburgh are 1st Sword-hook. 2. 2 Cakes
of patent Shoe blacking. 3. Remind Nairne of his
Delineator experiment. 4 A tin of Burkitt's tooth Powder.
5. My things from Blamires. 6 One of the set of
Curvators from Mrs Ramsden's. The other set is for Lindgren.
Send me bills of every thing you send me.
Mr Raikes you know promised to take charge of
any parcel to Petersburgh.
We passed along 2 sides of the Dockyard the walls of which
are so low where there were any that I could see every
part of it as we rode along.
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Samuel Bentham |
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