SCANDINAVIAN ADVENTURES. 



CHAPTER I. 



DESCRIPTION OF RONNUM RENT FURNITURE PRICE OF PROVISIONS 

 SEATS OF THE GENTRY MUSIC DANCING CARDS DINNER-PARTIES 

 SOBRIETY GOOD MANNERS FLOWERS AMUSEMENTS CONDITION OF 

 THE PEASANTRY CRIME. 



WHEN I last took leave of my readers, at the close of 

 the second volume of my former work on Scandinavia, 

 published in 1831, I was hutted at Lap-Cottage, in the 

 wilds of Wermeland. Subsequently, I pitched my tent near 

 the small town of Wenersborg, situated on the southern 

 extremity of the great Lake Wenern ; and it is from the 

 period of my abode at this spot that I now resume the 

 narrative of my residence in Scandinavia. 



Ronnum was the name of my dwelling, or rather of 

 the estate on which it was situated. The proprietor 

 farmed the land himself; but having another residence at 

 some distance, he let the house to me. It was immediately 



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