Such A
Street Seemed To Me To Resemble A Well Regulated Cabinet Of
Curiosities.
But the squares, where the finest houses are, disdain and reject all
such shows and ornaments, which are adapted only to shopkeepers'
houses.
The squares, moreover, are not nearly so crowded or so
populous as the streets and the other parts of the city. There is
nearly as much difference between these squares and the Strand in
London, in point of population and bustle, as there is between
Millbank and Fredericksstadt in Berlin.
I do not at present recollect anything further, my dear friend,
worth your attention, which I can now write to you, except that
everything is ready for our departure to-morrow. I paid Captain
Hilkes, with whom I came over from Hambro', four guineas for my
passage and my board in the cabin. But Captain Braunschweig, with
whom I am to return, charges me five guineas; because provisions, he
says, are dearer in London than at Hambro'. I now have related to
you all my adventures and all my history from the time that I took
leave of you in the street, my voyage hither with Captain Hilkes
excepted. Of this, all that I think it necessary to mention is,
that, to my great dissatisfaction, it lasted a fortnight, and three
days I was sea-sick. Of my voyage back I will give you a personal
account. And now remember me to Biester, and farewell till I see
you again.
*** END OF TRAVELS IN ENGLAND IN 1782 by Charles P. Moritz ***
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