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slowly on. In tlie evening we went to see a literary 

 curiosity a traveller, M. Oilman : lie lias not stirred 

 out of his room for sixteen years. His sole occupa- 

 tion is abridging voyages, of which he has published 

 above one hundred volumes in Swedish. He talked 

 French so ill, that it was difficult to converse with 

 him. He lies lounging on a bed, from which he 

 seldom stirs. He has a family, and tolerably good 

 appointments. "We then went to the reading-room, 

 where the students go : it is uncommonly well stocked 

 with foreign newspapers, and Swedish, of course. 



Next morning we went to see the collection, chiefly 

 mineralogical, of the Eoyal Society of Upsala : this we 

 found in a neat small house well filled up : in one 

 of the rooms the Society meets. Among other speci- 

 mens are some very good native silver ores from 

 Sala, and in general a complete collection of Swedish 

 mineralogy. 



The shells are also numerous, and there is a large 

 flora. Professor Lilieblad, who showed us the place, 

 lias published a 'Flora Suecica/ 



We then went a second time to the chateau, a long 

 and inelegant red building not finished, having a 

 round tower at one end and not the other. We called 

 on M. Adam Afzelius, lately returned from London, 

 where he resided some time under D'Asp in a diplo- 

 matic capacity. D'Asp introduced us to him by 

 letter, lie was a long time in Sierra Leone, and 

 has brought home a large collection of rarities from 

 thence : he has not arranged them, but means to 



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