BOHUS CASTLE. 



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Winga Sound, Avliere during the great wars of the early 

 part of the present century, our naval and mercantile 

 fleets, numhering together hundreds, or even thousands, 

 have often rode in safety. 



Not far from thence, again, is Danneholm, which 

 anciently formed the line of demarcation hetvveen the 

 three northern kingdoms'. Here the kings of Norway, 

 Denmark, and Sweden not unfrequently held conference, 

 and feasted together ; and on these occasions, it is said, 

 the tahle was so arranged that each monarch sat within 

 his own dominions. 



BOHCS CASTLE. 



Bohus Castle, or rather its ruins, kindly sketched for me 

 by Sir Thomas Maryon Wilson — Avhich is situated near to 

 the confluence of the Gotha with the Norra Elf, or northern 

 river, and at some ten to twelve miles to the north of 

 Gothenburg — is another object of interest. It dates as far 

 back as the year 1310. " A murderer, who had contrived 



