The present Duke _Antonius Ulricus_, and his brother _Rudolphus Augustus_, who resides at _Brunswick_, have the title of _Brunswick_ and _Lunenburg_ in common with their eldest brother the Duke of _Zell_, and their nephew the Duke of _Hanover_. But their proper government is the territory of _Brunswick_ and _Wolfembutel_ which they govern by joint name and authority, both being equally sovereign in each. _Rudolphus_ is about seventy two years of age, plain and unaffected in his carriage, insomuch that sometimes he takes a private journey to _Hamburg_ where he walks the streets in the disguise of a country gentleman. But _Antonius_ is a more polite and accomplished prince, affecting the French behaviour and education; for which end he here maintains the academy above mentioned He is courtly, and condescending, and greatly beloved by his subjects. He is now about sixty three years of age, and has two sons; of which he, who shall live to be his heir, will jointly inherit the authority and dominions both of his father and uncle _Rudolphus_. December xxiii. This morning I take the post waggon for _Brunswick_, which is seated on the same river as _Wolfembutel_, in a watry plain, having a large extent, but narrow streets, and houses of the old fashion almost intirely of wood, most of which have a date over the door of three or four hundred years standing. The stadthouse is of the same or greater antiquity, and adorned with a variety of statues on the outside. The town is fortified, but neither with great regularity nor strength. The castle is the residence of the Duke, being an old decayed building. I staid here from nine in the morning till three in the afternoon, where I found the mum, for which this place is so celebrated, not so good, as that they export for sale. It is made only of malt well brewed, and the liquor boiled a second time in an equal quantity of the same. However the art is peculiar to this place, and cannot be imitated at _Wolfembutel_, tho it is so very near. Nor, on the other hand, can the excellent beer of _Wolfembutel_ be equal’d here. They are likewise famous for a large sort of sausage, which is made of raw meat and spices. At three a clock I depart for _Hanover_ by the way of _Peine_, with an intention, as is here the custom, to travel all night. In the way betwixt seven and eight a clock (which at this time of the year had been entirely dark, unless for the benefit of the moon) the post horses tired in an open feild, and refused to stir a step farther; by which means we were detained above an hour, till the postilion procured others from a neighbouring village. I was then in company of an Italian man and a French woman, whose company somewhat relieved the affliction of this accident. By twelve a clock we reach _Peine_, and after half an hour’s refreshment the Italian and I proceed for _Hanover_, thro a wide and watry common. December xxiv.