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level or the sea of the different points,—every hundred feet being desigoitdliji 
different colour. Thus, for instance, dark green comprises all those places viii 
are situated on a level less than 100 feet above the sea; light green those brtvea 
1OO and 200 feel; brown, those between 500 and 600; and so on. 
At the foot there is a table, showing tije elevation of the towns above ibe le*el«( 
the sen. 
No. i, AftTp (if the y;ruit{on and character of the Fore»i» ^ Swedett, n ngsri (» 
/^r apprvjiriateute . — U|)on this innp nil the ground occupied by woods and 
laid down in green, and the different shades arc intended tn designate tlie difitfSK 
character of the forest; thus tltc light shade of green represents those forests vkii 
for firewood, charring and home consumption; aherea^ 
dork shades represent those which can produce large limber for cxponutios. IV 
fuftniijitcly tliw map is not finished, for the Prince had not had time to lardowtiB 
the deeper sbules when 1 copied it; from this circtunstance it l)a[^ensihata^ 
iHKiiy ol the nncbt and the oldest forests in this tn«p onlv ap])earfit loprodutt&c 
wood and timber for bnlldings such as are used in the countrv: ofeoi[r«tlis*''t 
be altered as soon ns the skeleton map has been finislied. The foreits ofSsnJn 
are, «s may be perceived frojii this map, immense; nay, in the north an^ in lit 
interior, there exist forests where the axe never yet resounded, and where the buwn 
foi>t harilly ever trod. 
No. 3. Map of Sireden, reprcscHtintr its Iran produce. — This map is very petsliir, 
and, as I think, ipiitc unique in its kind, for it shows at one glance tlle»'holero*^ 
merit ol the iron rinnluce, which is well known tti be the most important Inwchcf 
coinineree 111 hweden. Upon it all tlie mines are marked or shown bysmail MUid 
iimrks of diHcrent colours, iiccording to each ditTereni mining district or inspefi®^ 
nils, lor instance, ilic blue desigimros the northern district or inspection. 
I?"" ' uplatul district, in whicli arc situated those well-hnattiwit' 
!! conicK that superior iron which is sent to England wl*'*’’' 
'''.‘•c’eof a part finds its way back to Ssveden. , 
' ® mines, ii Jum of the same colour leads to all the bl.ist fumatefthw 
I -T ‘he bliist furnaces another line 
iiro.liir...t 1* places or iron-hanmicr works which iisethepif'™" 
to thi. r * .• * ^ hirnurcs. r roni nil tlie forging works a line ofl^e coloiff 1**!^ 
u iti. ports where this produce is shipped. \Vc can thcret'ore. I 
"‘‘•P ‘he movement of tlte iron produce frooiw; 
the mine in the slmne of ore tUI it is loaded ioowf 
of the mine in the shape of ore till _ _ . 
. ( T .*''' ^lere I hope it will be allowed fur flic wrejM"- 
.. /“A” - ^ tcra has liegim in the iron (nule. for up to thattrai* 
removal In,f . '*»at a baneful influence this and other restriction 
tlr wliM ’ upon the iron trade. I have no licstobo^ 
brn.iuc fade of Sweden 
in K.iropJ: ^ important branches of 
the iJ«/r»5u<ion fie 
difference of deiwirv this map the different colours 
•hadu with hinrt 1 -^ ‘i}c population of the country; for instance, the 
periou^S'?.! I"®.'" •" localkv there are only 500 iflb.^ 
niilc imd the hin L colour designates SOOOinbabitantspW’^^ 
I ha^i"t .51 ‘hH map with the fore>i 
the other man sL» 5 the population on the same 
less |irt5o,„inite in proportion as the toreU>«’"* 
<y'rAwj JVom-n^, ehoiai^ the Naval and 
'^hit-h these kinVdoms' different naval aad oiilitarydisinc . 
nates the first imlitnru *!•''*Jed are shown by different colours. Thus, blue - 
rst military district and orange the second. 
