THROUGH SWEDEN. 
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CHAPTER III. 
Topographical Description of Stockholm—Change produced in its Ap¬ 
pearance by the Ice—Violence of the Cold that prevails in Winter 
—Some Objects mentioned which are peculiar to the Winter Seafon: 
Water-Carts, Sledges, &c.—A Sugar-Hoiife on Fire, and the cu¬ 
rious Ejfeffs of the Fro/l—The Seafon of Summer: Country Life 
of the Nobility and Gentry—Their Diverfons and Amufements —■ 
Faff on of the Swedes for Cards and Gaming—Environs of Stock¬ 
holm—Drottningholm : the Royal Palace—Annual Tournament 
at Drottningholm—The Royal Park at Stockholm—Royal Proces¬ 
sion and yearly Fejlival in the Park. 
TN order to form an idea of the romantic pofition of Stockholm, 
“““ it will be well to caft a look over the accompanying map. 
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There are few cities in Europe more advantageoully fituated than 
the one of which I am fpeaking, whether it be confidered in a 
commercial point of view, or with regard to the variety of fee- 
nery that prefents itfelf to the eye. The latter is particularly en¬ 
hanced by the different profpecTs of the water with which the 
city is every where indented and encompaffed. From a want of 
topographical knowledge, two Frenchmen, in their tour to the 
“North, fay, u that only the city of Stockholm, properly fo called,- 
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