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and manners are universally aped, and English prices charged 

 for foreign produce. Nothing but English goes down in 

 Gothenburg, and they tell a good story of a Gothenburg 

 swell who went into a coffee room there and ordered a real 

 English dinner. He must have real English beef-steaks, 

 real English porter, in fact he so bothered the girl with his 

 English orders, that at length she asked him whether she 

 was also to bring him English salt ; the name by which our 

 epsom salts are known in Sweden. 



The man who only visits Grothenburg has seen very 

 little of Sweden. The Swedes he meets with are spoiled by 

 the number of English whom they see in this little seaport, 

 and the few English who are resident there will be of little 

 or no use in introducing him, either to the sporting or 

 natural history of this fine land, and the scenery around the 

 town, although pretty, is scarcely Swedish ; so if he wants 

 to see real Swedish scenery, real old fashioned Swedish 

 customs, and enjoy a little fair sporting at a moderate price, 

 he must shake the dust off his shoes at the good town 

 of Gothenburg, ' and steam up to the Wener at once ; and 

 if he means to stay any length of time in Sweden, let him 

 take up his quarters in Carlstad for a few months, till he has 

 become acquainted with the language and customs of the 

 people. He can live cheaper here than in Gothenburg, and 

 he will be able to obtain some very fair sporting round the 

 town. It is not the least use a man thinking of settling 

 in the country where any sport is to be had till he has 

 learned something of the language, and let him settle where 

 he will at first, until he knows the language and customs of 

 the people, his living will cost him 100 per cent, more than 

 when he has become used to the country. An Englishman 

 therefore who visits Sweden for a short time cannot give 

 any opinion as to whether it is a cheap country or not. 



But I may as well here say that Sweden is not so cheap 

 a country after all as we in England suppose, and I 

 believe a man with a family who is used to and cannot do 

 without English comforts, will be able to live very nearly, 

 if not as cheaply, in England. But for a single man, who 



