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expected. I never, out of the many hundreds which have 

 been sent to me, or which I have sent away, lost a single 

 letter that I know of. One universal rate of postage, 126. 

 (or a little more than one penny English) is adopted through- 

 out the whole country, and postage stamps are used, like 

 the English. 



The post from England is much cheaper and more ex- 

 peditious than formerly. A single postage to and from 

 England and any part of Sweden is Is., and the letters can 

 be either prepaid or not. 



In the winter the mails are sent by Hamburg, and the 

 letters are one week or ten days on the road, but from the 

 beginning of March till November, the English mails are 

 brought by steamers " via Hull/' and if a letter is posted 

 in London on the Friday, I can receive it up at Carlstad on 

 the Wednesday following. 



Newspapers also come very regularly, and when they are 

 properly stamped in England, and sent via Hull, they come 

 up for about Id. postage on delivery, but in the winter, when 

 they are sent via Belgium or Hamburg, there is no saying 

 where they may travel or what they will cost when they arrive. 

 I really have received them with so many post marks that the 

 address has been scarcely legible. 



Money letters should be registered in England; in 

 Sweden we call it ' ' recommended. 1 " If the letter is simply 

 recommended, without stating the value of the enclosure, 

 and lost, you can only recover the amount of 100 rqr., but 

 if you show the contents to the post-master, government is 

 liable for the whole amount. It is wonderful what an im- 

 mense deal of money is sent yearly about Sweden through 

 the post. Books can also be sent to and from England by 

 the book-post. 



THE RIVERS AND LAKES. 



As may be supposed, these are both numerous and large, 

 although in length the rivers will not bear comparison with 

 those in many other parts of Europe. There is not a single 

 river in Sweden or Norway above 300 English miles long. 



