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330 OUTHIER’Ss JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO THE NORTH.
afterwards cut into narrow plates, and pafled between rollers to make them even and of
equal thicknefs. Three men weighing upon a large pair of fheers, the lever of which
was horizontally placed, cut the plottes, that is to fay, the large copper coin. Four
others, each holding a corner of the pieces with its impreflion, received the ftroke ofa
large hammer, moved by the water which ftamped the coin. Others cleaned it in rolling
caiks. The infpector went with us every where, and invited us to dine with him.
Tuefday the ninth, at five in the morning, we went in our coach to Meffinfbrok, a
quarter of a mile diftant from Afsta, to fee them make brafs. ‘They have three fubter-
ranean furnaces, each furnifhed with a lid, they let down with large hooks to the
bottom of thefe furnaces, nine very deep crucibles, which have been filled with red
copper, calaminaris, with fome rafpings of yellow copper. Sometime after, they take
up thefe fame crncibles, in which the matter is founded; they pour it into a large
mould very flat, to make fheets of brafs; fome are cut into long flips, which are put to
heat again in a large oven, wherein the fire is on one fide, they are afterwards cut for
brafs wire, at firft {quare, and large, but they are rendered round and flender as they
pleafe, by being drawn through guages by means of water that works nippers, which
lay hold of the wire on its being forced through the guage, and draw it forward with
violence. Onone machine there are twelve of thefe guages with their nippers, which
the tree of one fingle wheel works with furprifing celerity. They melt, and work alfo
a number of different articles in yellow copper. _
The infpector made us take tea there, and to dine we returned to Afsta, which we
left at noon for Salfberg, four miles and an half diftant from Afsta. ‘The whole road
through an even country, but very barren, and almoft wholly wood: through the whole
diftance we pafled but three villages. We had bad horfes and did not arrive till eight
o’clock at night.
Salfberg is a large and handfome town; the ftreets are ftraight, and paved, as
wellas the fquare which is handfome and regular. On the twenty-firft Auguft in
1736, this town was almoft wholly deftroyed by fire, and prefented a very fad appear-
ance, few of the houfes being yet re-built. ‘The town is watered by a very {mall river.
We went on Wednefday morning, the tenth, to fee the filver mines, as they were not of
any magnitude, we did not go down them, the burgo-mafter fhewed us all the pits; there
is but one machine both for pumping the water, and drawing up the ore. ‘This ma-
chine is well made, but not fo large as thofe at Fahlun.
At three o’clock in the afternoon, we left Salfberg; for feven miles we travelled
through a very fine and well cultivated level country ; we faw quantities of rye, bar-
ley, peas, and even very fine crops of wheat ; plenty of meadows, feveral parifhes and
villages, and but little wood. ‘The reft of the road was more diverfified ; plenty of
wood mixed however with cultivated fields in the valleys, and often lakes; we pafled a
{trait between two lakes, on a floating bridge, which was drawn over by a rope. We
were then then two miles and a half from Stockholm, we travelled all night, and arrived
on Thurfday at eleven o’clock in the morning; we fet up at the fame inn which we
logded at the year before: we met then Meflrs. de Maupertuis, Clairaut, Celfius, and
Herbelot, with all the fervants, and the luggage which had arrived with the veffel, after
a good voyage.
On Sunday the fourteenth, after faying mafs, Meffrs. de Maupertuis, Camus, and
mylfelf went to dine with the ambaflador. On Monday the fifteenth, his Excellency
took us to Carlfberg, at ten in the morning, and prefented us to their Majefties. It
was the day of St. Ulric, whofe name her Majefty bore ; on this occafion an entertain-
ment was given in the gardens of Carlfberg ; the King wifhed to fee the drawings of fome
4 plants,
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