CHAPTER XXI. 



Gothenburg. — Elfsborgs Castle. — Kiinso. — Wiriga- Beacon. — Danneholm. — 

 Bohus Castle. — Siege of. — Skagge. — Bobus Small. — Devotion. — Ruse 

 de Guerre. — Kongelf.. — Eoyal Courtesy. — The Bonfire. — Poi-tends. — 

 The Vikiiigar. — Great Battle. — Heroic Action. — The Wizard's Death. 

 • — Surrender of the Fortress. — Solskott. — Slavery. — Marstrand. — 

 The Paternosters. — The Church. — Golgotha. — The Harboui-. — Carlsten 

 Castle. — Skiirgard's Flotta. — The Lighthouse. — Convicts. 



AT an after-period I left the Ronnum country and re- 

 moved to Gothenburg, where, or in its immediate 

 vicinity, I resided several years. This town, which, after 

 the Dutch fashion, is everywhere intersected by canals, 

 is situated on the river Gotha, at some twelve to fifteen 

 miles from the sea. Formerly it was fortified and a j^lace 

 of strength, but at the present day little remains of the 

 defences, excepting the broad and deep moat that surrounds 

 it on the land side. Including the suburbs, it contains 

 from 30,000 to 40,000 inhabitants, and, for its size, is 

 perhaps one of the handsomest and best-built towns in 

 Europe. Of late years it has been greatly improved and 

 beautified ; and a fine walk called the Alle, a mile or more 



