TRAVELS 
THROUGH 
SWEDEN. 
CHAPTER I. 
Partiality and Inaccuracy of Travellers conjidered—Mode of Tra¬ 
velling in Sweden delineated, and compared with that in other 
Countries—Journey from Hel/ingburg to Gothenburg—Warberg : 
Anecdotes of General Peckling—Gothenburg : a Defcriptmi of the 
Town, its Population and Commerce—The Inhabitants of Gothen¬ 
burg , their Manners and Cufoms . 
1F|)ARTIAL1TY and inaccuracy are common obje&ions made 
to travellers, and often diminilh, or even annihilate, that ap¬ 
probation which otherwife might be bellowed upon their labours 
and exertions. The firft of thofc charges is of a moral nature, 
and relates to a failing of the heart; the fecond aims at a fault, 
which either proceeds from indolence or ignorance. But thefe 
articles of accufation, when exhibited, are not always founded 
upon truth : and, before adecifive opinion can be given, the credit 
of the perfon who accufes fhould be carefully balanced againll the 
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