90 THROUGH THE FIELDS WITH LINN&US 



extending all over Upland, comprising Old Upsala, with 

 its 'Assize Hill' and the three tall tumuli known as the 

 Tombs of the Kings. 1 Geologically, too, this view is 

 very interesting, and Carl already knew all the geology 

 that was then known in Sweden, and was constantly 

 discovering more. The period following the glacial 

 epoch was that of the roll-stone or sand-ridges. Such 

 ridges are very common in Sweden ; the celebrated 

 mounds at Upsala are situated at the end of such a 

 ridge. 2 This landscape is studded by Danmark and 

 many other towers and villages, the Fyrisa 1 river gliding 

 through the broad meadows which fade far off into the 

 infinite ring of blue. He made his way round in front 

 of the tall pinky-red castle where the green hill, which 

 is here almost a cliff, makes a magnificent pedestal to a 

 palace, and down into the university quarter if one 

 may say so of a town which is all university ; though the 

 academic buildings, looking like large private houses, 

 are principally grouped on the north-west side of the 

 town, just beyond the cathedral precincts. 



While Linnaeus is settling his affairs let us glance 

 at the stately cathedral that he, who cared nothing 

 for art, so heedlessly passed by. His own monument 

 adorns it now, and his remains lie there in honour ; but 

 his monument was the last thing he would be thinking 

 of just now it was his work that lay before him. 

 Victory before Westminster Abbey ! Upsala Cathedral, 



1 They are each 58 feet high and 225 feet in diameter. 



2 Du Chaillu. 



