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A journal (?copy) of a voyage from London to Capetown, 1831-2, on board the barque 'Science' of Scarbro [sic] bound for Hobart's Town [Tasmania]. The writer of the journal states 'We have received letters from Lord Goderich to the Secretaries of the Australian Colonies, sanctioning their granting us leave to visit the Convicts remaining under the special care of Government'. A note in pencil by J. R. Hughes in 1953 reads 'Voyage to Africa & Australia by James (?) Backhouse of York in the service of Friends (Quakers). Given to me by Mrs Mabel Backhouse (84) Caer Tegla Arthog Merioneth'. (A James Backhouse, 1794-1869, is described as 'minister of Society of Friends 1824; missionary to Australia and South Africa, 1831-41'. See Frederic Boase, Modern English Biography, vol. 1, p. 120.). Incomplete.

A journal in 3 volumes kept on a tour of Europe. Conventional observations apart from those on gardens and artistic works, which are in greater detail. [See also related papers B279-307.] B351 (46 ff.) was written in July, while travelling through Calais; Antwerp (pictures of Van Dyke and Rubens); Amsterdam; Hague (Holland a dirty country); Brussels; Waterloo (village and battlefield); Liege; Aachen; Cologne, through Rhine Gorge to Frankfurt and Heidelberg. B352 (62 ff.) was written in August on the journey from Strasbourg - Zurich - Lucerne - Interlaken - Geneva to Chamonix. It includes climbing the Rigi and Brienig mountains to see sunset and rise, views of the Eiger Munch and Jungfrau; an avalanche seen at Grindelwald and notes on the number of cases of goitre in Switzerland. B353 (51 ff.) was written in September on the journey through Simplon Pass - Como - Milan - Turin - Lyons - Fontainbleu - Paris - London. It includes further notes on goitre cases, the heat of Northern Italy, Catholic christening and funeral at Milan, the gardens at Fontainbleu and the sights of Paris. B354 is a precis of the three volumes, kept in B351.

B361 (80 ff.) covers the journey through France to Marseilles, on to Genoa and Pisa, to Rome. ff. 20-80 cover the period spent in Rome and includes detailed descriptions of buildings, works of art visited (with some sketches) and notes on Mediterranean vegetation. B362 (f. 26) also covers the period spent in Rome, including Christmas Day, 1850 (ff. 18-20), and seeing the Pope (f. 25).

Each volume is illustrated with engravings and coloured sketches, collected and fitted into the text.

Each volume is illustrated with engravings and coloured sketches, collected and fitted into the text.

Each volume is illustrated with engravings and coloured sketches, collected and fitted into the text. The journal concludes with the departure by sea for Marseilles.

No. 69 covers 'In Switzerland and Italy with commencement of a stay in Rome. Sept. 17-Nov. 25 1866', while no. 70 covers 'Continuation of residence in Rome with return via Marseilles and Paris, Nov. 26-Dec. 12 1866'.

A journal of a tour from Oxford to Corwen, 1816, by Robert Hedley (typescript from the original). English. Original manuscript lent by Mrs Rosalind Heywood.

The journal, kept by an unidentified person, is incomplete.

Comments are chiefly confined to church architecture.

A journal of a tour through Cumberland, Westmoreland and Lancashire and through Killarney by John Parker. English. Paper. Donated by Mrs M. E. Leighton, Oswestry, February 1959.

Comments are chiefly of historical and architectural interest. Included are three coloured prints, two of them continental churches.

Illustrated with numerous colour-washed pencil sketches.

A journal of a tour through Wales by Charles R. Clark. (Formerly Clark MS.) Skiver. Donated by Wyndham D. Clark, May 1949.