JET. 22.] AND SCANDINAVIA. 



publish an account of his voyage. The castle is built 

 on the site of the old fortress, of which the ruins still 

 surround it. We saw the cell where Steen Sture 

 was murdered by Eric II. The king stabbed him in 

 the arm ; he drew out the dagger and kissed it, then 

 returned it to Eric, who in a fury of rage despatched 

 him. 



From the castle there is a fine and very extensive 

 view. Gamla (or old) Upsala is distinctly seen half 

 a Swedish mile off. This is only remarkable for the 

 Mora Stein on which the ancient kings of Sweden 

 were crowned; besides a number of barrows, under 

 the most remarkable of which it is thought that 

 Kjalman, one of these, "is buried. I visited also the 

 professor of chemistry, who lives in the house and 

 laboratory of Bergman, who arranged his mineral 

 collection. The laboratory seems very excellent, but 

 I did not see the collection. 



The university is not in so flourishing a state as 

 formerly. There are 600 students, who are divided 

 according to their provinces or nations of Sweden 

 from which they come : each nation is under the care 

 or inspection of one professor. The morning after we 

 arrived, each nation received a private reprimand 

 from its professor for having showed indecent violence 

 in politics; and particularly for having composed 

 indecent songs ridiculing the birth of the prince. 

 Two weeks after this, the king came to Upsala himself, 

 resigned the chancellorship after a violent speech to 

 the professors, &c., accusing them all of Jacobinism, 



