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in lensth on the outside of tiie moat, and a Botanical 

 Garden have been laid out for the recreation of the 

 inhabitants. But its greatest boast is the number and 

 extent of its well-endowed and well-conducted charitable 

 institutions. 



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Gothenburg, in a mercantile point of view, is most 

 flourishing ; more so, probably, than any town in the 

 north of Europe. At tlie present day a fourth of the staple 

 products of Scandinavia — iron and wood — that arc 

 exported to foreign countries,' go from thence. Its trade 

 is greatly on the increase, and manufactories of various 

 kinds are rising up on every liand. The vessels belonging 

 to the port are numerous, and many of them are of a 

 superior description. Since the repeal of our navigation 

 laws, I should add, the number of British ships visiting 

 Gothenburg has greatly increased. Ten to twelve years 

 ago they averaged about one hundred, but now two 

 hundred is much nearer the mark. 



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