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and an inscription purporting that it was built 

 by Gustavus III. The quay continues in this di- 

 rection the whole length of the island ; and then, 

 interrupted by the bridges, it is again continued on 

 both sides in another direction. The Exchange is also 

 in Stockholm. It is an older building ; but large, 

 and with a handsome front. The business place is 

 a spacious room with a wooden floor, and a small 

 apartment off it. There are two busts in the large 

 room one of the architect, the other of a remarkable 

 citizen. Above-stairs are rooms where subscription 

 balls and public dinners are held. 



Near the palace is a large old church, with an in- 

 scription bearing it to have been erected where a very 

 high tower formerly stood (Turris stupendae altitu- 

 dinis). It has a very fine organ, and one or two 

 large pieces of sculpture on the monuments. The 

 desk and pulpit are also very handsome. The palace 

 is a superb structure, much larger than the Copen- 

 hagen one. It consists of a quadrangle with wings, 

 and a bow behind. In the empty space, or between 

 the wings to the quay, there has been a sort of 

 garden, forced upon bare rock. It was the work of 

 the regency. Under the stair which leads from the 

 quadrangle out to the gardens is a marble statue of 

 Venus (de Medicis), a good deal damaged, particularly 

 in the fingers of the right hand. There are four 

 staircases, all very splendid, formed of Swedish 

 granite, polished, and in vast massive pillars, ban- 

 nisters, and porticoes. In the interior of the staircase 



