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Journal of Travels Made Through the Principal Cities of Europe JOURNAL TRAVELSOF I }4M>B THUOVGH THE PRINCIPAL CITIES EUROPE.1 ^ If' U R N A L TRAVELSO F MADE THR.OVGH THE PRINCIPAL C EURO' O F H E R EJ W . is marked 'J'he TIME employed in Going frdJl^T to POST in HOURS and MINUTES ;„^^STANCES in ENGLISH MILES, meafured by Means oT^erambuktof faftened to the Chaife; PRODUCE of the DIFFERENT COUNTRIES; POPULATION of the TOWNS; and REMARKABLE CURIOSITIES in the CITIES and the ROADS: ( i^T O G EjT H E R WITH AN ACCbf*^|Ot THE BEST INNS, &c. TO WI^ICH IS SUBJOINED, A COMPARATIVE VIEW of the DIFFERENT MONIES, and that of ITINERARY and LINEAL MEASURES, as well as the PRICE of POST-HORSES in DIFFERENT COUNTRIES. TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF M. L. D U T E N S, Jyfember of the Royal Academy of Infcriptions and Belles Lettres at Paris, and Fellow of the Rcyal Society, London, 3y JOHN HIGHMORE, Gent. TO WHICH IS ADDED, An APPENDIX: CONTAINING THE ROADS of ITALY; With fome USEFUL TABLES and HINTS to STRANGERS who TRAVEL in FRANCE. LONDON: No. i6, Ludgate-Street. !Plinted for J* Wallis, MjDC?,LXXXIL \1f.9- ADVERTISEMENT. but there WE have riiany books of Travels ; are few which contain thofe particulars, a Traveller is moft likely to ftaild in'need of, to advance him on his way. In the journics I have taken through different parts of Europe, I have had the precaution to make fome remarks of fadrs, which may prove very ufeful tofuch as may have occafion to make the fame tour. The Tables, placed at the beginning of this I Journal, will be found very necclfary ; and can with truth advance^ that they are the moft corredt of any now extant, or that have hitherto ap- peared, of the kind ; for it is certain that on thofe Tables of Accounts of itinerary and lineal meafures of Europe hitherto publifncd, little dependancc can be made. All the meafures heregivenj^ have been taken on the fpot* The itinerary meafures are compared, by the means of a perambulator affixed to an Englilh poft-chaife^ with which the principal roads in Europe were mea- fured, in Englifli miles ; and the other itinerary mea- fures of Europe, may be reduced into Englilh miles by the Table of comparative meafures. At ADVERTISEMENT. it has been alfo thought fit, to give another method of knowing the diftances, by the time taken up on the way ; which is ftill more ufeful than any other mode of computing, for the fame diftances are not always run in an equal fpace of time in all coun- fetting out in the tries ; and it is more neceflary, on morning, to know how many hours are requifite to arrive at a certain place, than to bf informed of the flatcd diflances : by this means we are induced to order things fo as to fet out fooner or later, as may be thought moft convenient *. Thofe who may not follow in the fame route which I have done, will pay attention to the difference that will occur in afcending and defcending, according to the nature of the roads. On the way from Toulon to Nice, for example, I have allowed two hours and an half to go from Frejus to Eftrelles,and one hour and twenty but minutes only from Eftrelles to La Napoule ; in coming it is clear that thofe who go the fame way be more from Nice to Toulon, will, on the contrary, to Eftrelles tiian two hours going from La Napoule twenty mi- (which I have gone in one hour and an half nutes), and will probably not be an hour and (becaufe they will in going from Eftrelles to Frejus have been two have to defcend the hill), whilft I * that in reckoning the time taken It *is neceflary to remark, time employed in vp on the road, no notice is taken of the indifcfimmately changing poft-horfes, becaufe that cannot be all travellers. the fame with ^ occauon tor no Thofe who travel with a fingle chaife, have about five mi- mere than four or five horfes, and need only flop a more n\imerous nutes at the poft-houfe, while thofe who have equipage, muft wait fifteen or twenty minutes. „. hours Advertisement. iii hours and an half in afcendhig it. As I have taken care to remark the afped of the different eountriesj or the remarkable mountains, every one may very eafily draw their own conclufions : befides this> the diitance is always given, which will amount to the fame thing throughout the whole journey. Thofe follow who the fame route which I have done, need only caft their ej^e over this Journal, to under- ftand all they can have occafion for. have .1 alfo been careful to defcribe all the Rivers which muft be palled over in boats, having frequent- ly^ experienced how difagreeable, and fometimes dangerous, it is, to fet out at fun-fet in order to make one poft more; and to find, when the evening Ihuts in, a rapid flood to crofs, in a ferry with carriages and horfes,^fometiijnes at the hazard of life; particularly when it happens that the rivers are overflowed, which has often occurred to me ; whereas^ when we are well informed of the route, we may refl a poft or two diflance from the river, and defer the paflTage over till the next day. The good and bad inns are alio particularised, not only in great cities, but in towns and villages. Be- fides thofe which I have marked, from having lodged at them, I have noted with an allerifk (*) thofe places at which the traveller may hope to find a lodging, where he cannot, or does not choofe to follow in the road which is here chalked out. Sometimes good mns in a few years become bad, and the bad ones, on the contrary, become better, from the fole caufeof changing their landlords, Vv^henthis may ^ ^ happen ; w A D V E R f 1 S E M £ N T. happen to be the cafe, it would be unjuft to impute precifion in ac» it to me as a fault, or a want of my will, not- count of them ; and this part of my Journal withftanding, prove equally ufeful in general. Befides, thcfe changes feldom happen ; becaufe when once thofe houfes are eftabliflied as inns, and well fup~ plied, they will fupport themfelves a long time on an equal footing of giving good reception to their guefts, altho' they may have changed their mafters. in France It is the fame thing in changing poft-houfes account if they do not always correfpond with the here given, I muft not be accufed of inaccuracy. The Poft-mafters often obtain permiflion to make an augmentation of an half poft, which may occafion it the difference that will fometimes occur ; but the de- proves ftill more the necefiity of knowing terminate diftance of the road by admeafurement. remark- I have given a fhort account of the moft thro' able curiofities to be feen in the different cities which the traveller'pafTes, and in thofe where it is confi- ufual for him to flop. This part fhould be dered as an Abflrad:, or rather an Index. But it themfelves v.'ill be eafy for the curious to provide with more particular defcriptions of the country be had upon the they intend to vifit ; or they may a fpot. There are few towns of any note where voluminous, are plan and a defcription, more or lefs for that purpofe, not to be found, in works compiled margin of the plans of or in almanacks, or in the the towns themfelves. The ADVERTISEMENT. v The firft thing to be done on arriving at any great town is to fend for a plan, the defcription of it, and an almanack. This may amufe while fupper is pre- paring, and on the morrow you are acquainted with what you have to do, and may difpofe of your time without being obliged to putyourfelf entirely under the dired:ion of an hired fervant. By this means you may alfo make a good collection of charts, by pur- chafing in each province the beft map of the environs of the capital, and one of the province on the largeft fcale. They will prove an amufement on the road, and you will find in them the names of rivers and mountains, which the poftillions feldom know; the fituation of places clearly pointed out, &c. &c. All this takes up but little room at the botton? of a trunk ; and when you return from your travels, you will find that you have made a much better col:- lediion of maps of the countries thro' which you have palTed, than you could have done in Paris or in London. This is all I could connectedly put together for the ufe of travellers, happy if I can prove my- felf ferviceable to them. That this Itinerary is not more extenfive, is owing to my having tra- velled no further; and that I would -not fpeak but cf what I had actually feen. N E C E S- : ( vi ) NECESSARY PRECAUTION TO THOSE WHO TRAVEL WITH A RETINUE. npHE experience I have had of the inconveniences that follow from a carriage overloaded, in a long journe)^, induces me to make fome obferva- tions, which may not be altogether ufelefs. People are apt to think it moft convenient to travel in a Berlin well loaded before knd behind, and on the top ; becaufe every thing goes with them, boxes, bedding, clothes, &c.; but in this they deceive themfelves.
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