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The mint is a large and rather heavy building, with 

 four fluted pillars of great bulk. 



In the place before the Salle des Nobles there is a 

 pedestrian statue of Gustaf Vasa, with an inscription 

 purporting that it was erected by the Order of Nobles 

 soon after the Eevolution. From Stockholm west to 

 Eytterholm a bridge leads, handsome though not large, 

 built of hewn stone by Gustaf III.; the balustrades 

 of polished granite, of which and of the porphyry there 

 are some fine slabs, particularly the one which has 

 the inscription. The only building of consequence in 

 Eytterholm is the Cathedral Church, which is very 

 old, and by no means fine, though the best in Stock- 

 holm. It is only remarkable for the bodies which it 

 contains. Gustavus Adolphus is below ground, as are 

 the greater number, but the coffin of Charles XII. is 

 above. It is of black marble, and has no inscrip- 

 tion only a crown and a lion's skin. Once when we 

 saw it, the king had very lately been inspecting the 

 body in an inquiry concerning the manner of his 

 death, and the workmen were repairing the lid which 

 had been broken, so that we saw the small coffin of 

 red velvet and gold lace. In the same aisle (which is a 

 handsome circular building on the outside, with pillars 

 and a crown and cushion of stone on the top) there 

 are two other coffins above ground I believe those of 

 Queen Ulrica and Frederic Adolphus. Gustaf III. 

 is in the vault. Marshal Torstensen is buried in his 

 family aisle in the same church, and several other 

 men of fame. In the island north of Stockholm is 



