4 TEN YEAES IN SWEDEN. 



rivers ; from Norway on the west by a clearly defined fell 

 range running right down between the two countries as far 

 at least as the Lake Famund, where, strange to say, it 

 branches off to the east, wanders through Sweden to the 

 south, following the west coast of the Lake Vettern, thence 

 through Suraland down into Scania, passes under the 

 Baltic into the Island of Bornholm, where it again rises in 

 Rittarknekten (500 feet high), one of the highest 

 mountains in Denmark, the last of the great Scandinavian 

 fell range. 



On all other sides Sweden is encircled by seas ; by the 

 Bothnia and the Baltic on the east, by the Cattegat and 

 North Sea on the south. Its extent of coast is 620 Swedish 

 miles. It extends from 55 20' to 69 4' north latitude ; 

 and from 28 26' to 41 50' east longitude. 



As I shall, especially in the present chapter, often have 

 occasion to refer to the Swedish money, weights, measures 

 and distances, I insert the following table (as they now 

 stand) for a guide to the reader, adding that within the last 

 two years, eleven alterations have taken place, especially in 

 the weights and measures. 



SWEDISH MONEY. 



The money in circulation is calculated by 



Eix- dollars, Bixmint (rqr. rmt.). 



Rix-dollars, Banco (rqr. bco.). 



Skillings (sk.), both rmt. and bco. 



Ore (6.) 



2 Ore are about equal to 1 skilling. 



48 Skillings (100 ore) about equal 1 rqr. rmt. 



1 Eqr. Rmt. and 24 sk. about equal 1 rqr. bco. 



The Norwegian currency is rather different, more like 

 the Danish. 



In exchanging English money (and Bank of England 

 notes or gold can be always changed in Gothenburg or 

 Stockholm, and often in the country), the pound sterling 



