August 18, 1834
On 18 August I took passage to Rotterdam on the steamboat and paid 150 francs for three persons, and for my four bears, also 150 francs. The schedule of this ship between Rotterdam and Dunkerque is the following:
The Dutch steamboat
Graaf Cancrin
Capt. Blad
completes the journey between Rotterdam and Dunkerque in 14 hours:Departures:
from Amsterdam
From Rotterdam:
the 5th, 15th, and 25th of each month
Fare: ladies’ cabin and large cabinwithwithout food — 50 fr.
Fare: Carriage with 4 wheels — 60 fr.
Fare: Carriage with 2 wheels — 40 fr..
From Dunkerque:
the 10th, 20th, and 30th of each month
Fare: one horse — 25° [francs?]
Fare: one dog — 4° [francs?]
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.The double-coppered Dutch steamboat
Willem de Eerste
Capt. J. H. Gavert
of 600 tons burden and 120 horsepower
will provide service between Amsterdam and Hamburg
in 36 hours:
From Amsterdam:
the 5th, 15th, and 25th of each month
Fare: ladies’ cabin and grand cabin
Fare: — 50 fr. 50 [centimes?]
Fare: forward cabin without food
Fare: — 35 fr. 50 [centimes?]From Hamburg:
the 10th, 20th, and 30th of each month
Fare: 4-wheeled carriage — 60 fr.
Fare: 2-wheeled carriage — 40 fr.
Fare: horse — 25 fr.
Fare: dog — 4 fr.The steamboat Nicolay I. et Alexandra
between Lübeck and St. PetersburgFare: grand cabin — 24 Dutch ducats [guilders?]
Fare: forward cabin — 17 ducats [guilders?]Service between Lübeck and Riga is provided by the
steamboat Alexander Nicolajewitsch
which departs:
From Lübeck:
Wednesday, 23 April
Sunday, 11 May
Sunday, 25 May
Sunday, 8 June
Sunday, 22 June
Sunday, 13 July
Sunday, 3 August
Sunday, 24 August
Sunday, 14 September
Sunday, 5 OctoberFrom Riga:
Sunday, 4 May
Sunday, 18 May
Sunday, 1 June
Sunday, 15 June
Wednesday, 2 July
Wednesday, 23 July
Wednesday, 13 August
Wednesday, 3 September
Wednesday, 24 September
Wednesday, 15 OctoberAnd that between Copenhagen,
Kiel, and Lübeck, by
the boat Frederick VIDeparts Copenhagen for Kiel: Friday at 8:00 a.m.
Departs Kiel for Copenhagen: Saturday at 6:00 p.m.
Departs Copenhagen for Lübeck: Monday at 2:00 p.m.
Departs Lübeck for Copenhagen: Tuesday at 6:00 p.m.
As in [Le] Havre, officials are strict with the passports here, but I did not have to pay anything for issuing the visas at the mairie [town hall]; however, at the Dutch consul, [I paid] 6 francs for three passports.
On this occasion I came across the square where the bust of the outstanding seaman Jean Bart stands. The place is not large, [is] planted with slender elms, and has a square iron railing in the center on which the white marble bust of the admiral stands on a pedestal of what seems to be granite or serpentine. The square is called Place Jean Bart.
In the evening we went for a walk and ran into such dense fog at dusk near the sea and the harbor that we could hardly see the fire of the lighthouse in the city from a short distance away. The harbor, almost empty now of water at low tide, gave off a very foul odor.