LIFE AT STOCKHOLM 91 



brother of Elizabeth's, to Stockholm, as early as the 

 thaw made it practicable for them to do so. How glad 

 the people living on the Swedish seaboard are when the 

 ice blockade breaks ! Both seasons of summer and winter 

 have their advantages, especially in making travelling 

 easy ; it is the changing weather that makes locomotion 

 so thoroughly impracticable. 



