Julia Hawker et al. in Netherlands - 25 April, 1821

from Journal entry, 25 April 1821, page 213:

We arrived next at a beautifully fortified town, called Breda. We were then driven by a coachman instead of a postillion, and were no [l]onger tormented with the monkey-like absurdity of whip cracking peculiar to France and Belgium, but had the way cleared by a bugle horn, which, of course, was more effective and by no means annoying to our ears.

cite as

Peter Hawker, Journal entry, 25 April 1821. In The Diary of Colonel Peter Hawker, 1802-1853, volume 1 (London, 1893), p. 213. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1534243159748 accessed: 7 October, 2024

location of experience: Netherlands

Listeners

Peter Hawker
Amateur Musician, Army officer, Sportsman, Writer
1786-1853

Listening to

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A coachman's bugle horn performed by Unnamed coachman

Experience Information

Date/Time 25 April, 1821
Medium live
Listening Environment in the company of others, outdoors, in public

Originally submitted by lcc5 on Tue, 14 Aug 2018 11:39:20 +0100
Approved on Tue, 21 Aug 2018 16:32:32 +0100