Of These Six Men, Two Are Between The Poles
Carrying Like Common Chairmen, And Each Of These Is Supported By
The Other Two, One At Each Hand:
But as those in the middle
sustain the greatest burthen, they are relieved by the others in
a regular rotation.
In descending the mountain, they carry the
poles on their shoulders, and in that case, four men are
employed, one at each end.
At Coni, you may have a chaise to go with the same horses to
Turin, for which you pay fifteen livres, and are a day and a half
on the way. You may post it, however, in one day, and then the
price is seven livres ten sols per post, and ten sols to the
postilion. The method we took was that of cambiatura. This is a
chaise with horses shifted at the same stages that are used in
posting: but as it is supposed to move slower, we pay but five
livres per post, and ten sols to the postilion. In order to
quicken its pace, we gave ten sols extraordinary to each
postilion, and for this gratification, he drove us even faster
than the post. The chaises are like those of Italy, and will take
on near two hundred weight of baggage.
Coni is situated between two small streams, and though neither
very large nor populous, is considerable for the strength of its
fortifications. It is honoured with the title of the Maiden-Fortress,
because though several times besieged, it was never
taken.
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