Thursday, August 15, 1839 Travel Journal

1839

August

Thursday 15

 7 20/..

12 10/.. 

Fine, sunny morning. Fahrenheit 80° in the sun at 8 1/2 a.m. and 70° half hour afterwards in the shade (in our small bedroom – 2 beds) –

Dawdling over 1 thing or other till Ann was dressed – Breakfast at 9 1/2 in about 3/4 hour –

Had Mrs. Todd – She does not know much about forbud-papers – Will send for an English man who speaks Swedish and would perhaps go with us for 2 dollars (banco?) a day – The bookseller told me yesterday, if I would send Gross, he would explain in German all about the forbud etc. – Gross went this morning – Saw probably the wrong person, and he would take no notice of him –

Had just written so far now at 10 50/.. a.m.  Then till 12 40/.., counting over Norway money and had the Scotchman (Riddle) that Mrs. Todd proposes for our coachman – Asks 3 Dollars (banco?) a day – Expenses paid back, and 3 Dollars a day to the time of return –

Norwegian money to be changed = 207.3.22, and have besides a Danish mark, 8 skillings, but passes for six skillings in Norway and I have also a one skilling piece left in my purse –

Then looking over papers in travelling bag, etc., etc., till 2 35/.. –

Out at 3 – Sauntered into the Market Place and about – Then to Clippen and back from the Church in 50 minutes at 5 55/.. –

Came in at 6 10/.. Dinner at 6 1/4 to 7 20/..

Then talking till had Grotza at 8 1/4 – Then packing bootbox, portmanteau, travelling bag, a regular turn out till 11 3/4.

Very fine day – Fahrenheit 66° now at 11 3/4 p.m. –

Went yesterday to the Bank the 1st thing at 3, the door shut – Meant to return at 4, but went to Clippen after sauntering about the grande place to see the remains of the fair, which lasts a fortnight,  Over this week – therefore, not so good now by far as at first – Stalls – booths wooden that lock up and are in fact little portable rooms that take in pieces – All sorts of things to be sold – from Stockholm – cloths, woollen, linen, and cotton – Kitchen utensils – plate – books – furs – pastry and comfits and gloves – shoes – toys – everything – It must be hard upon the regular shops –

From the fair to the water’s edge, and stood seeing the mud worked out by a large, iron, cage-like shovel moved by 2 little tread-wheels fixed on a floating stage –

Then back to the Grande Place, and direct to the Götha Kellare (the Inn we 1st stopt at on arriving) and round the outside of the town (the old way just within the Rampart) to the great Boulevard tree-planted road to Clippen – 1st went to the end of a village to the East of the great tower castle, now powder magazine, then got into the great road – an omnibus passed and afterwards repassed us –

Clippen large, long village full of lodging houses for our sailors.  Great deal of shipping – Went into a large deal yard and on board one of the vessels lying along side in progress of loading –

Thence to Clippen church.  There at 5 – Fine view from the hill some time before reaching the church – Stood there 4 minutes, then back by the paved road (the other rubbled) along the water, and came out close to the barracks, and home at 5 55/.. –

Sauntered about near home till came in at 6 10/.. Good dinner at 6 1/4 – Blowberries, so like black currants I had not distinguished the one from the other – paid the Coachman William Riddle at 7 20/..

Sat up looking over money etc.


WYAS Finding Numbers SH/ML/TR/12/0026 and SH/ML/TR/12/0027


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