154 DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. [1686 Alexander Gordon, to the Earle of Middleton and Esquire Cooke

Passages from the diary of General Patrick Gordon of Auchleuchries : A.D. 1635-A.D. 1699"

154 DIARY OF PATRICK GORDON. [1686

Alexander Gordon, to the Earle of Middleton and Esquire Cooke, all in a
coverto to Mr. Meverall, by Mr. Philes convoyance per mare. Writt also to
the Duke of Gordon, the Earles of Aberdeen and Erroll, and to Nether-
muir, in a coverto to William Gordon in Aberdeen, to my unkle, brother,
and Mr. Thomas, all by my nephew, James Gordon.

I did writt to my wyfe, Collonell von ]\Iengden, and Mr. Vinius, per
post, Robert Gordon,* James Adie, and Bayly Adie in Dantzick per post, as
also to Madam Crawfuird. And not thinking it fitt to take my nephew
into Russia, I sent him back by sea to (Scotland. This night I supped by
Mr. Hoist, and was entertained most magnificently.

I did writt to Mittaw, to Pafri Ernesto Sturmio residentiae superiori.

I dined by Mr. Frazer, and was nobly entertained.

I supped by Mr. Watson, and was kindly entertained ; and the rest of
my tyme I passed every day almost with walking and shooting. I payed
for dyet for my self and another, a doller, and for foure servants at the rate
of tenpence for each, with lodging.

I did writt to the Earle of Middleton and Mr. Meverell per post ; and,
haveing hired two Riglsh fulrmen, for eight dollers a peece, with two horses
and two waggons of retour of a Russe, with one horse at fyve dollers for
both, I tooke jorney, and being convoyed in a coach a large halfe mile
without the towne with kind ifrlends, wee made merry with good liquor,
which the ffrlends brought along with them ; and at New Mills,f crossing
the river . . . and the river Aa, wee lodged in a inne, hardly being
foure miles from Riga.

Wee jorneyed three miles, and dined in Rosembems krow, and, going
two and a half miles further, wee lodged in a krow, by a morass.

Wee dined a mile short of Wolmar, and passing that towne, and three
miles further, haveing passed over the river Bresla by a bridge, and by the
two castles, Great and Lltle Ropen, betwixt which the forsald river runneth,
lodging in a krow or inne, within a wood.

Wee passed foure miles, and dined in a small village ; and this after-
noonc, the way being better, wee came six miles further, and lodged in a
pleasant village in a Inne, by the Black River. From AVolmar, wee had
nine miles all wood.

• [Perhaps the founder of Robert Gordon's have been a trader in Dantzic about this time.]
Hospital at Aberdeen. He is understood to f [Neuerniuhlen.]