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Let the mines of Norburg, the ridge of Ta- 

 biirga, the pits of Dannemore, Bitfberg, Gren- 

 o-ia, and lallly the immenfe treafures of Sal- 

 bero-en, and Fahluna be my witnefs, which ex- 

 ceed all in the known world. 



Where do the poflefTors fuffer forreigners 

 more freely to approach their furnaces, and 

 obferve their operations ? where are there men 

 more ready to communicate their knowledge? 

 Strangers are received by m with civility, and 

 even prefled to ftay.- 



Who v/ould not fhudder on beholding thofe 

 foro-es, vomiting forth immenfe clouds of fire 

 and fmoak, where our iron ores are nielted ? 

 who would not behold with pleafure the fimple 

 countreyman in the thick pine-groves of Da- 

 lecarlia, without furnace, without any appa- 

 ratus, extrading an iron fo very fo fit for ufe, 

 tliat it yields to no other, tl^o' prepared with 

 the fierceft fires, and greatefl expence ? 



Who ten years ago would have imagined, 

 that the lapis ealaminariswd.s to be had in Dale- 

 carlia ? or mines of the very bell kind of gold 

 in Smolandia ? 



You will perhaps fcarce believe me when i 

 tell you, that there are whole mountains full of 

 petroleum in Dalecarlia. Yet doubt not. This 



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