#diary on the continent

April 19, 1835

It has been assumed as an axiom that every one in this world is fond of power. During our passage in the track-schuyt I had an evidence to the contrary, for as we glided noiselessly and almost imperceptibly along, a lady told me that she infinitely preferred the three-horse power of the schuyt to the hundred-horse power of the steam-packet. We arrived at Bruges, escaping all the horrors and difficulties of steam navigation.

— Frederick Marryat, Diary on the Continent

‘De trekschuit omstreeks 1850’ (The tow barge about 1850), Dutch tile panel artwork.