6 TRAVELS TO THE EAST. 
command the harbour of Gottenburgh. The road, 
without Gottenburgh, hath many little rocks lying 
clofe to one another; fome of them being under 
water, makes the navigation dangerous. The Swedifh 
Eaft-India company’s fhip Gottenburgh, was loft 
three years ago in her voyage home, on one of them, 
within the fort, which confirms this account of them. 
We faw Gottenburgh the 30th, which is known to be 
a ftrong and famous trading town, and the belt in 
Sweden next to Stockholm. We had fix miles to row 
from the fort to the town. The firft obj efts that 
prefented themfelves to our view in the harbour, 
which is large and fafe, furrounded with high 
mountains, were fome fmall men of war and fri- 
gates ; farther tip five Eaft-India fhips ; then three 
or four dock yards. 
The faw mill is built on a rifing ground, clofe by 
the harbour ; it is furnifhed •with many faws, which 
are worked by the wind ; and is fo contrived, as to 
raife the timber out of the fea. We came out of the 
large harbour, through a flood-gate, into a ditch or 
Walled canal, which runs through the town. In this lay 
fmall craft, efpecially Dutch fmacks that were em- 
ployed in exporting Eaft-India goods. The town is of 
middling extent. The houfes are generally of wood, 
fome few of ftone. The buildings are very neat; they 
are covered with deals, which are painted yellow or 
red : there are fmall narrow yards to each houfe, 
which make the place dangerous in cafe of fire. The 
court -houfe, ftate houfe, and Eaft-India houfe, are 
the iargeft and handfomeft buildings in the town. 
Here I fortunately met with my relation Mr. Guf- 
ftav us Tollander, who had returned this furtimer from 
the Eaft-Indies : he was fo kind as to fliew me many 
curious obfervations, which he had made during his 
ftay there, efpecially among the Chinefe. I viewed at- 
tentively the Chinefe weight, and was informed, that 
