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amidH: a dozen of fmaller ones, each deftined for different pur- 
pofes : the whole refembles the refidence of a mandarin. Of the 
fmaller pavilions there is one that contains a complete forge and 
work-fhop, with the neceflary apparatus for making locks, an art 
in which Guftavus III. is faid to have excelled, and which he fre¬ 
quently pradlifed. It is cuftomary, among Mahomedan princes, 
or perhaps a duty enjoined by their laws, to learn in their youth 
fome trade, by means of which they may gain a fubfiftence, in cafe 
of their being reduced to that neceflity by fome of thofe fudden re¬ 
volutions, which are incident to all defpotic governments. I do not 
fuppofe that Guflavus III. was actuated by any fuch motive; but as 
this prince, from fome reafon or other, chofe to be a mechanic, 
there was a Angular propriety in a king of Sweden becoming an 
artificer in brafs and iron. The other pavilions ferve for bed¬ 
rooms, for fupper-rooms, dancing and card-rooms. The furni¬ 
ture, which is very fplendid, was brought from China ; but, after 
all, the objedl with which a fpectator is moff forcibly imprefled 
in the pleafure-grounds of Drottningholm, is the contrail between 
trees and flowers and barren rocks. In the palace itfelf is to be 
feen an elegant library, fitted up with great tafie. Befides a well 
chofen colledli'on of books, it contains a number of Etrurian vafes, 
fome of them highly valuable. Among an immenfe number of 
manufcripts, there is one by the celebrated Queen Chriftiana, en¬ 
titled Mifcellaneous Thoughts ; alfo a copy in the hand-writing of 
Charles XII. when a child; on one of the leaves of which is in- 
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