212 CAPTAIN ZACHARY G. LAMSON 



very much limited owing to the wars in 

 Europe. Elsinore and Gottenburg, which 

 are near, have but little interest to attract 

 the observation of a stranger. Elsinore 

 commands the passage up the Sound on the 

 Danish side and Helsingborg on the Swed- 

 ish side. Gottenburg is a depot for the in- 

 troduction of goods for all parts of Sweden. 

 The people are famous for their hospitality 

 to strangers who conduct themselves with 

 propriety. I can attest to that myself. 

 When I was only mate of a ship I received 

 the politest attention from some of the first 

 characters in the city, and that without any 

 introduction of my Captain, who rather 

 envied it. To return to employment with 

 the ship. Having laid at home some time 

 Mr. Grey ordered me to purchase about 

 three thousand quintals of fish, and fill up 

 with coffee and sugar and proceed to Ali- 

 cante and a market in the Mediterranean. 1 



1 " Ship ' Wells,' Lamson, cleared from Salem for Ali- 

 cante." Salem Gazette, Dec. 4, 1807. Ten days be- 



