220 VISIT TO DENMARK [1799. 



of the province) ; Miss Kaas ; Miss (Young Ankers) ; 



Captain Nilson; Lieutenant Carlson; ( ); 



- ( ) ; Cadet Keaason ; Mr de la Toenaye ; 

 General Anker ; Mr Gram ; Mr Collet ; Mr Anker ; 

 Mr Maribeau ; among other chance visitors Mr 

 B-ozencraz. 



The arrival of Buonaparte in France, and his pro- 

 ceedings at Paris, had been known at Stockholm be- 

 fore we left it, and the expectation of a revolution 

 entertained. But the event of 18th Brumaire (9th 

 Nov. 1799) had not been known, and the first account 

 we had of it was at Fladebije. De la Toenaye was 

 determined to return to France if the emigrants were 

 allowed ; and instead of the promenade autour de 

 Scandinavie which he meant to add to his former 

 travels in Great Britain, he had to be content with a 

 promenade autour de mes Foyers. He even doubted 

 whether the return of the emigrants would be allowed. 



The sleigh is much used here. The skates are 

 above six feet long and turned up at the ends, requir- 

 ing the balance to be thrown before by bending the 

 knees forward. A pole with a round plate at the end 

 is also held in the hand to balance by. Accidents 

 often happen either from falls, or splitting up, by the 

 feet running off separately. They go in this way very 

 quick down any steep, and take great leaps off emin- 

 ences. They have a regiment of (I believe) seven 

 hundred men on these snow-shoes, of which they are 

 very proud. This troop once drew a Swedish force 

 of cavalry down a steep where it was either cut to 



