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the fort is 400 feet. The oblong radiating internal 

 structures look more like tombs than anything else. 1 



Not far beyond Runsten they found, as might be 

 expected from the name, a large runic stone of justice, 

 with three rows of inscription on it ; and a little further 

 off, before coming to Lerkakaby, on the left hand, a runic 

 stone broken in two, with two lines of writing. 



Byzantine gold coins of the middle of the Iron 

 Age have been found in Oland. The largest and most 

 valuable treasure ever heard of in Sweden^ and perhaps 

 in Europe, was found in 1774 near Trosa; its weight 

 was 28 pounds : rings, necklaces, and sword ornaments 

 were the chief objects. A fine gold necklace, weighing 

 nearly two pounds, was found in 1860 at Torslunda 2 

 near Farjestaden on Oland. 3 



' At a point by LSngelot's church, whence we could 

 descry Borgholm Castle in the distance, we met with 

 the first chalybeate spring we had found in the island.' 



1 From LSngelot we travelled to Gardslosa Church, 

 passing an undecipherable moss-grown runic stone, and 

 others, broken, but in more legible condition. 



1 June 11. Pastor Lund wall told us he had heard 

 that people took us for spies and were paying great 

 attention to our journey, which this day took us past 

 Klappinge, on a promontory of the island, with a chapel 

 built for the service of the fishermen. On the southern 

 side is a stone-built cross as tall as a man on horseback. 



1 Du Chaillu. 2 Thor's Grove. Du Chaillu. 



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