6 TEN YEAES IN SWEDEN. 



Sweden as in England), in Gothenburg notes, which I had 

 just procured there in change for English money at the rate 

 of 17 rqr. and 24 sk. to the English pound. He refused 

 to take my Swedish money unless I gave it to him after the 

 rate of 19 rqr. to the pound. Unfortunately I had only 

 one pound English money, which I wanted to take me up 

 to London, so I was obliged to comply with his demand. 

 " Punch " used to have some joke about the ( ' Great 

 Eastern " being the greatest ' ' screw " in the world, and I 

 think this captain should have commanded her. 



LONG MEASURE AND SUPERFICIAL. 



This table is copied out of Lloyd's " Northern Field 

 Sports," and has undergone no alteration since that Book 

 was written : 



1 Swedish foot is equal to 11-hr inches English. 

 38 Swedish feet equal 37 feet English. 

 5416 Swedish feet equal 1 English mile. 

 1 Swedish ell (aln) is equal to 2 Swedish feet. 

 1000 Swedish ells equal 649 English yards. 

 1 Swedish mile or 18,000 Swedish ells equal 6 miles 1140 



yards English. 



1 Swedish square mile is equal to 324,000,000 Swedish 



square ells. 



1 Swedish square mile is equal to 23,142f Swedish tunnland. 

 10,000 Swedish square miles equal 440,6664- English 



square miles. 



1 Swedish tunnland (or acre) is equal to 14,000 Swedish 



square ells. 



100 Swedish tunnland equal 122-^ English acres; 75-^- 



Irish acres ; 96-jV Scotch acres. 



CORN MEASURE. 



The decimal system is now in general use, and all the 

 French weights and measures, with their names, will pro- 

 bably be soon adopted. The cubit measure is now univer- 

 sally used in measuring corn, grain, etc. 



