A Tour in Sweden in 1838: Comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Economical State of the Swedish Nation |
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Page 7
... horses and harness superior to any usually seen at our ordinary stages in England , brought us to Kiel in ten hours , over a road as well macadamized as any of our highways . These are improvements - but they are the work of the ...
... horses and harness superior to any usually seen at our ordinary stages in England , brought us to Kiel in ten hours , over a road as well macadamized as any of our highways . These are improvements - but they are the work of the ...
Page 9
... horses and carriages to Copen- hagen , a distance of about fifty English miles over a good road . The country through which we passed is well cultivated , the fields large , and be- longing apparently to farms of considerable extent ...
... horses and carriages to Copen- hagen , a distance of about fifty English miles over a good road . The country through which we passed is well cultivated , the fields large , and be- longing apparently to farms of considerable extent ...
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... horses cannot be spared from field labour , and the traveller even with a courier or forbud to order horses , will be detained . at every post station for several hours . I made several short excursions in this beautiful neighbour- hood ...
... horses cannot be spared from field labour , and the traveller even with a courier or forbud to order horses , will be detained . at every post station for several hours . I made several short excursions in this beautiful neighbour- hood ...
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... horses draw , but by hooks and eyes to light birch poles , which are fastened to the back harness or saddle very simply , by a hole in the other end . It looks as if the horses were working in shafts , but these poles are intended ...
... horses draw , but by hooks and eyes to light birch poles , which are fastened to the back harness or saddle very simply , by a hole in the other end . It looks as if the horses were working in shafts , but these poles are intended ...
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... horse in these ferry boats is very curious : he drags the carriage into the boat , and stands as quietly as if conscious that his movements might overbalance it . Midskoven , June . A short day's journey to this single house . At my ...
... horse in these ferry boats is very curious : he drags the carriage into the boat , and stands as quietly as if conscious that his movements might overbalance it . Midskoven , June . A short day's journey to this single house . At my ...
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