The Delights of Holland, or: A Three Months Travel about that and the other Provinces. With Observations and Reflections on their Trade, Wealth, Strength, Beauty, Policy, &c. Together with A Catalogue of the Rarities in the Anatomical School at Leyden
"The Delights of Holland, or: A Three Months Travel about that and the other Provinces. With Observations and Reflections on their Trade, Wealth, Strength, Beauty, Policy, &c. Together with A Catalogue of the Rarities in the Anatomical School at Leyden"
"William Mountague and his company travel from The Hague to Leiden with the tugboat or trekvaart. He describes how the boat is drawn by a horse, rid by a boy, along the dykes or banks, at a pace of three miles an hour. He describes the transport as convenient and at a reasonable fare."