18 GESTRICKLAND. 



May 14. 



I left Gefle after divine service, having 

 previously obtained a proper passport 

 from the governor of the province and his 

 secretary. I was well received and enter- 

 tained by the Comptroller of the Customs, 

 Lönbom. 



At this town is the last apothecary's 

 shop and the last physician in the province, 

 neither the one nor the other being to be 

 met with in any place further north. The 

 river is navigable through the town. The 

 surrounding country abounds ^ith large 

 red stones. 



At the distance of three quarters of a 

 mile stands Hille church. Here begins a 

 chain or ridge of hills extending to the next 

 post-house, three quarters of a mile further, 

 and separating two lakes. On its summit, 

 a quarter of a mile from Gefle, a number of 

 different sepulchral mounds are observable, 

 composed of stones. 



The Fir trees here all appeared tall and 



