PBEPAKATIONS FOE THE JOUENEY. 23 



seen in the north.. At each post-station is a day- 

 book, in which the traveller enters his name, where 

 he is bound for, etc. ; and if he has any complaint 

 to make here, he books it. In each day-book is 

 entered the distance to the next stage, and the 

 charge ; so there is not half the trouble in post- 

 ing through Sweden that the stranger would 

 imagine. This day-book is sent in to the lands- 

 man at the end of each month, and a new one 

 issued. The postmaster is usually a better class 

 of peasant, always civil and well-behaved, espe- 

 cially towards a foreigner. Most of the inns are 

 furnished with a bill of fare hung up in the tra- 

 vellers' room ; and, as it may not be uninteresting 

 to the English reader, I insert a tariff (dated 

 Sept. 12, 1861) which I copied from an inn a 

 little north of Herinosand : — 



s. d. 

 A best meal (three dishes) . 1 

 One not quite so good . . 



Twenty eggs 1 



A cup of coffee 



Best bed (down mattress) . 1 

 One not quite so good . . 



A bed of straw 



A fire of birch wood ... 

 One of fir or pine .... 

 A kanna (4 bottles) ale . .0 



s, d. 







A kanna of small beer 



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8 



A bread cake .... 



. 



1 







Two feeds of oats . . . 



. 



4 



1 



201b. clover hay . . . 



. 



9 







Do. meadow hay . . . 



. 



4| 



8 



A tallow candle, 6 to the lb. 



. 



1| 



4 



Four bottles sweet milk . 



. 



3 



11 



Do. sour ...... 



. 



1 



1 



lib. butter 



. 



9 



4 



Stabling for a horse . . 



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Robbery or extortion is rarely, if ever, heard 

 of on the Swedish roads. In the summer the 



