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converted into stone along with their child. We may 

 easily see that the meaning of this tradition is, that this 

 church was built by the Pagans, who, discontented at the 

 introduction of a new religion, afterwards attempted to de- 

 stroy it. 2. A well, the water of which passes as the best 

 in the whole city. Upon one side of it is sculptured an 

 enormous louse in the act of devouring a sheep. 3. The 

 tomb of the learned bishop Bserge, adorned with his statue, 

 in his archiepiscopal robes. This prelate died ?n 1319; his 

 father was only a sacristan. In the sacristy, the curious are 

 shown the shift of Margaret the heroic queen of Sweden, 

 and popular opinion attributes a great virtue to it, in order to 

 facilitate difficult labours. We know, by authentic docu- 

 ments, that king Christian I. requested it from the chapter 

 of the cathedral for this purpose. 



When kina; Adolphus Frederick and queen Louisa Ul- 

 rica A'isited the cathedral of Lund in 1754, this princess 

 testified that it would give her pleasure to see published an 

 historical description of this remarkable edifice. T hi? in- 

 duced the learned professor Sonimelius to compose a co- 

 pious dissertation upon this church, which he dedicated to 

 the queen*, and in which he has given a description of all 

 the inscriptions, monuments, &c. which are there. 



The exterior of the cathedral presents an imposing coup 

 d'ceil, which results from its great simplicity. It is to be 

 regretted that the houses are too close together, which at 

 night is felt extremely inconvenient. The abominable cus- 

 tom still subsists of burying in the churches, and it is done 

 very carelc.sslv, the graves being of no great depth. 



I'or a long time Lund has been improving; the number 

 of well built houses, however, and of a solid construction, 

 does not amount to more than twenty. The rest are built of 



' Tlic following it. the title of tl)is work: Disi)ut;itio historici de Temple. 

 Cathcdrali I.iindeiisi, quam auxiliante Deo, consensu ampliss. Fac. I'hilos 

 Acad. Carol, ad publicum erudltorum examcn d. xvi. cal. sextil. anni 

 MDCCl.V. dck-runt Oustav. Sommtlius in lin-j. orient, docciis et Coil. 

 Sch. I.und. et Isaac. I.icfery, Lundensis, in 4to. T^ic chaplain jM. I'cre Sa- 

 varin published .it I.und, in 1795, an extract in the Swedish language of this 

 very difTii'* dissertation; and this extract will be suflicient fov »iich travel- 

 lers as wish to vi'Jt thi'> church to advantage. 



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