UPLAND* 3 



Omnia vere vigent et veris tempore Jlorent^ 

 Et totusfervet Veneris dulcedine mundus. 



Spring clothes the fields and decks the 



flowery grove^ 

 And all creation glows with life and love. 



Now the winter corn was half a foot in 

 height, and the barley had just shot out 

 its blade. The birch, the elm, and the 

 aspen-tree began to put forth their leaves. 



Upsal is the ancient seat of government. 

 Its palace was destroyed by fire in 1702. 

 With respect to situation, and variety of 

 prospects, scarcely any city can be com- 

 pared with this. For the distance of a 

 quarter of a Swedish mile it is surrounded 

 with fertile corn-fields, which are bounded 

 by hills, and the view is terminated by 

 spacious forests. 



I had no sooner passed the northern 

 gate of the city than I perceived signs of a 

 clay soil, except in the hills, which consist 

 of sand and stones. The road here is level, 

 and for a quarter of a mile destitute of 

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