III. SWEDEN. 



As the union of Scotland and England has had the effect of leading 

 most foreigners to think of these countries as one, with a general but 

 somewhat vague idea, which is substantially correct, that the one land 

 is the northern and the other the southern half of the island, so the 

 union of Norway and Sweden has had the effect of leading many 

 of our countrymen to think of these countries as one, with a general 

 if somewhat vague idea, which is also substantially correct, that the one 

 is the western and the other the eastern half of the peninsula. 



In so far as forests and forest lands are concerned it may be 

 convenient to treat the two countries as one ; but when the question to 

 be discussed relates to forest economy this can no longer be done ; and 

 if the question arise, Whence comes the difference here ? we are 

 brought to the discovery of the fact, if it was not previously known, that 

 Norway and Sweden are inhabited by two different nations, having 

 different laws, different governments, united only in having the same 

 king, so that the union is more like that which formerly subsisted 

 between Great Britain and Hanover than that subsisting between 

 England and Scotland, where, though there be different laws in force 

 in the different countries, there is but one government common to 

 both. 



Sweden may be reached by any of the routes detailed as 

 practicable for reaching Norway. From Copenhagen the traveller 

 may go to Stockholm via Malmo by railway in a day and a half 

 The journey from Gottenburg may be made by railway in a day, or 

 by steamer and the Gotha Canal in two days, the most interesting 

 portion of the scenery being passed by daylight, and this route 

 taking the traveller along by the famous Falls of Trollhattan. Should 

 the route by Christiania be preferred, the sail up the fiord will be 

 greatly enjoyed. From Christiania pleasant trips may be made to the 

 Miosen Lake and other places ; but the mountainous region of the 

 peninsula lies further to the west, and stretches away far within the 

 Arctic Circle. 



To the traveller desirous only of visiting Sweden it is preferable 

 that he should proceed from Gottenburg to Stockholm by the Gotha 

 Canal, or return by that route if he go to the capital by some other 



