14 UPLAND. 



Elf-Carleby, which is divided into two parts- 

 by the large river, whose source is at Lexan 

 in Dalecarha. The largest portion of the 

 town stands on the southern side, and con- 

 tains numerous shops, occupied only during 

 the fairs occasionally kept at this place. 



I crossed the river by a ferry, where it is 

 about two gun-shots wide. The ferryman 

 never fails to ask every traveller for his 

 passport, or license to travel. At first 

 sight this man reminded me of Rudbeck's 

 Charon, whom he very much resembled, 

 except that he was not so aged. We 

 passed the small island described by that 

 author as having been separated from the 

 main land in the reign of king John III. 

 It is now at a considerable distance from 

 the shore, the force of the current render- 

 ing the intermediate channel, as Rudbeck 

 observes, every year wider. The base of 

 the island is a rock. Only one tree was 

 now to be seen upon it. 



The northern bank of the river is nearly 

 perpendicular. I wondered to see it so 



