THROUGH SWEDEN. 
£9 
The Danifh and Swedifh mode of lodging the horfes has, I 
have been informed, fo far attracted the notice of his Royal 
Highnefs the Duke of York, who keeps a Ready eye on whatever 
may contribute to the improvement of the army, that he has given 
orders for the erection of fome barracks on that plan, by w r ay of 
experiment. The refult will be of great importance, if this bed¬ 
ding on boards, if I may fay fo, fhall be found to preferve the foot 
of the horfe, even though its expenfivenefs fliould prevent its ge¬ 
neral adoption. 
The grain in the country from Gothenburgh to Stockholm, and 
I was informed throughout almoR all Sweden, is rye, oats, peas, 
beans, and fome barley. There is fome wheat in Scania, and alfo 
in the environs of Upfala. This place was the refidence of Odin, 
and ancient capital of Scandinavia; and in its vicinity there are 
many traces of cultivation, and remains of former Iplendour. In 
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Sweden the Rate of agriculture is greatly behind that of moR 
other countries ; the ridges are neither levelled nor evened, nor 
regularly divided. The foil is railed very confiderably in the 
middle, while both fides are more and more deprived of it, fo that 
the edges are almoR bare rock. Their winding form at both 
ends prevents the paffage of the waters, to drain off which in fuch 
a climate, Ihould be one of the principal objects. The frelh 
ground to be employed in agriculture is cleared of wood by fire, 
which fpreads fometimes too far, and leaves around the cultivated 
fpot a wide and inhofpitable waRe, inimical to vegetation. The 
deRrudtion of the woods is undoubtedly the caufe why certain dif- 
trifts 
