(' II APT Ell XXI. 



. Elfsborg* Ctuttle. Kiinsu. Winga I'MMI'MII. 1 >aiinc'linliii.- 

 Bohus Castle. Siege of. Skiigge. Bobus Siniill. Devotion. Ku.-i- 

 ili- Guerre. Kon^-lf. Koyal Courti-\. The Itontiiv.- I'ortrnds. 

 The Vikingnr. (in-nt I tattle. Heroic Action. The NVi/anl's I>i-ath. 

 Surrender of tin- l-'i irtreas. Solskott. Slavery.- Mm strand. 

 The Paternosters. TheChurch. Golgotha. Tin- Harliour. * 'arl-ti-n 

 Castle. Skiirgard's Flotta. Tlie Lighthouse. Coin i. i - 



AT an after-period I left the llormum country :md re- 

 moved to Gothenburg, where, or in its innm-dink- 

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

 the Dutch fashion, is everywhere intersected hy canals, 

 is situated on the river Gotlia, at smue twelve to lift ecu 

 miles from the sea. Formerly it was fort i lied and a place 

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

 defences, except ini; t he hroad 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 si/e, is 

 perhaps one of the handsomest arid best-built towns in 

 Europe. Of late years it has been greatly improved and 

 beautified ; and a line walk called the .///< ; , a mile or more 



