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338 JOURNEY FROM
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feven Englith. The miles of Norway are ftill larger than thofe
of Sweden, and one is about equal to eight or nine Englith.
In the column of the expences it may perhaps occur, that
they are not fo great as might have been imagined from what
was faid in the firft chapter; but the difference of travelling is
to be taken into confideration. There we fpoke of a gentleman
travelling in his own carriage, and in fummer; whereas the Diary
refers to the winter time, when the cheapeft of all conveyances,
viz. the fledges, are in ufe. A Swedifh {killing is rather more
than an Englifh penny; and forty-eight fkillings make a rix-dol-
lar, which is about equal to four fhillings and fix- pence Englith.
‘The expences are calculated for a fingle gentleman who wants
two fledges, one for himfelf, and one for his fervant and luggage,
with an attendant to each, who is to take back the fledges and
horfe. Befides this, he muft unavoidably have a courier, whom
he may fend on before him to befpeak horfes; for the horfes are
fometimes brought together from different houfes that may be
three or four miles diftant from one another; and if they were
not ordered before hand, a very great lofs of time would be oc-
cafioned by conftantly waiting for them: fuch an avant courier
is, in Swedifh, called forbid. The attendants are in general pea-
fants. It is not abfolutely required to pay thefe people any thing
befides the hire of the fledges and horfes; but it is cuftomary
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