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go on his way, and do his work ere it be night, and he 

 too shall lie down and sleep.' l 



He walked over to Wirestad, where his sister, the 

 lively young Anna Maria, was petted and beschool- 

 mastered by her Gabriel in a tender and clerical way. 

 From Stenbrohult the forest road to Traheryd 2 again 

 follows the course of the Laga to Markaryd, where 

 Carl had cousins. Here the river flows off westward to 

 the Kattegat and the bridle-path works southward, only 

 turning off westward at an elbow when within a few miles 

 of Qvidinge, 3 where there are recently discovered and 

 extensive coal-fields. Had Linnasus any suspicion of 

 these valuable stores lying beneath his feet ? Fame and 

 fortune were both lying unrecognised beneath his tread. 



Modern power, stored in the coal, and mediaeval 

 power as represented by the ancient picturesque Herre- 

 badskloster, meet on this spot, and several railway-lines 

 now open up this district to common knowledge. Coal- 

 mines and a popular bathing-place bring money into 

 this corner of Sweden. Of Helsingborg Castle grey 

 ancestor of the town on the hill, only a picturesque 

 ruined watch-tower now remains. The tower of the old 

 church is even more delightful, its scaled gable rising 

 with lanceolate openings at each step. Here it is most 

 likely Carl met his travelling companion, as Helsingborg 



1 Brightwell. 



2 Which must not be confounded with Traveryd near Lake 

 Ralangen, where the floating islands are. 



8 Where the Crown Prince Carl August died suddenly in 1810 

 and changed the dynasty. 



