TO SMYRNA. 5 
Helfingneur is a little town, the walls of the houfes 
-are framed with timber, and the void fpaces filled 
up with either brick or clay, and near it lies the 
fortrefs Cronenburg, which, from its outward ap- 
pearance, feems fufficient for what it is intended, a 
key to the Baltick. 
I went up to town the 24th, where every thing 
that can accommodate feafaring people is fold in fuch 
plenty, that the town really merits the name of a 
Mart for feamen. 
We went early under fail the 26th, and fleered 
for Gottenburgh, where we were to take in fome 
Eafl-India goods and carry them for the Levant com- 
pany’s account to Smyrna. Kullen was the lall land 
of Scania, about thirty Englifh miles from the Sound, 
confifling of high hills, upon which there is a light- 
houfe. 
The 27th, I faw animals and vegetables, the like 
of which I had never before feen. The former were 
Sea-nettles (Medufae), which, yeflerday and to-day, 
fhone by thouiands in the fea, and in calm weather 
and a ferene Iky afford an agreeable appearance 
from their fhining green colour. The latter were 
fea weeds, called Fuci Veficulofus, Faftigiatus, Sac- 
charinus, to which hung a vaft number of the fmall- 
eft Ihells. We could fee the coaft of Halland before 
us. The 28th, early, we failed pall the town and 
fortrefs of Warberg and Nidingen, which is thefirfl 
ifland on the Gottenburgh coafl, where there is a 
light-houfe. 
On the 29th, we knew we were not far from 
Gottenburgh, by difcovering the ifland of Vinga and 
ns light-houfe, foon after which a pilot came on 
board us. 
We failed pall the fortrefs of Elffborg about 
noon, and there came to an anchor. This fort ap- 
peared to be in a good Hate, and vyeli fituated to 
B 3 command 
