CHAPTER II. 



General Description of Life in the Country The Inhabitants Expenses of 

 Living, and Advice to the Traveller and Sportsman Visiting Sweden. 



No passport is now required to any part of the north, and 

 the traveller can visit Denmark, Sweden, or Norway with 

 far less difficulty than he could ten years ago. There is 

 little trouble at any of the custom-houses, and he is sure to 

 meet with civility and assistance from every official. 



If the English traveller wishes to reach Sweden direct, 

 his best plan will be to come to Gothenburg by a steamer 

 from London or Hull, which leaves both places every week 

 during the summer for Gothenburg. Messrs. Phillips and 

 Graves, Rood Lane, City, are the agents in London ; Messrs. 

 Wilson in Hull. The London boats are the cheapest, but 

 in either the first class will not exceed 3 besides provisions 

 on board. This is not much out of the way, but for dogs 

 the case is different. A pointer was sent over to me by the 

 Hull boat in 1863, and its fare was 1 Is. 7d. to Gothen- 

 burg. The same dog's fare from England to Australia, 

 14,000 miles, would have been 5. Small parcels are also 

 exorbitantly dear by these steamers. 



The length of passage is about the same from both places, 

 say at longest, three days. The steamers will run nearly 

 through the whole year, certainly from February to the mid- 

 dle of November. From Gothenburg the traveller can reach 

 Stockholm at any time of the year in one day by rail, but in 

 the summer I should certainly recommend him to go up by 

 one of the little steamers over the Wener. The passage 

 will probably occupy three days, but this will be amply 

 repaid by the sight of the beautiful scenery through which 



