1803.} Anahjis of F. C. Fabricius’s Travels in Norway. 
wood. It is the fummer retreat of the 
moft diftinguifhed families of Copenhagen. 
Hirfcb-bolm, the next village, of itfelf 
inconfiderable, ftands in a hollow, near a 
villa belonging to his majeity, and amidft 
very beautiiul furrounding {cenery. 
At Nivaa are feen the remains of an 
old quay. A port here, whould be ftill 
very, convenient for fhips anchoring at’the 
mouth of the road of Helfingncer. But 
that of Nivaa has been filed up with fand. 
_ Helhngaoer, at which the travellers next 
arrived, is arich town, fituate on the fhore 
of the Sound, at the very point where that 
is the narrowef. _ Its buildings are hand- 
fome, though not extenfive. It contains 
only between three and four hundred in- 
habitants. . Thefe fubfift chiefly by traffic 
in the commodities wanted by the fhips in 
the Sound; of which the number is be- 
tween feven and eight thoufand annually. 
The Sound duty is paid at Helfingnoer. 
If the port were better, many fhips would 
ftop fome time here in the winter. But, 
it is too narrow, and not deep enough ; 
and. the fhipping, therefore, goes rather 
to Copenhagen and to Norway. Vefiels 
drawing eight fect of water find difficulty 
in entering the port at Helfingenoer; and 
the road is dangerous in winter, on ac- 
count of the currents, forms, and ice. 
This piace 1s confiderably enlivened by 
the expence of the confuls of foreign na- 
tions, who refide in it. It is, for the 
Danifiy fide, the {tation of the ferry acrofs 
the Sound. 
From Heliingnoer to Helfngburg, the 
patiage is not much more than two Eng- 
lith miles. The wind was againf our 
travelicrs; but, by the aiflittance of the 
oars, the boatmen made the Swedifh fide 
in lefs than an hour. On the pafiage, 
they enjoyed the noble profpeét of Hel- 
fingnoer, Cronenburg-caftle, Helfingburg 
on the Swedifh fide, the ile of Hween, 
and more than an hundred fhips on the 
water with their fails fully expanded, The 
water is exceedingiy shallow on the Swed- 
ifh fide, fo that it is neceffary for fhips to 
fail rather on the Danifh. 
Helfngburg, though but a forry place, 
appéars with fome advantage in the pro- 
fpect. The grouni rifes immediately be- 
hind it. The firata confit of a loofe, 
fiffile grit-fione, which is light, and of a 
grey colour. At one end of the town 
ftands an old fquare brick tower, which 
ferves, now, merely as a retreat for owls. 
In front of the town iftands a decayed 
{caffolding, from which there is an inte- 
refting profpect of the Sound. At Hel- 
fiugburg, as at every other confiderable 
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town in the Swedifh dominions, “were 
works for the diftillery of brandy from 
grain, at the expence, and for the profit, 
of the Crown. oy Hd 
From Helfingburg, Mr. Fabricius and 
his companion continued their journey 
through Halland, to GoTHENBURG. 
Gothenburg, in fize and opulence the fe- 
cond city in the Swedish dominions, ftands 
on 2 {mall gulpb on the North Sea, at the 
point of the influx of the river Gotha-Elf, 
It is built m the Dutch fafhion, with 
fireets perfeGly ttraight, planted with 
rows of trees, and divided by canals. 
The brinks of the canals and the river, 
are paved with fiones. Over the river 
are feveral ftrong and handfome ftene- 
bridges. Gothenburg having the advan- 
tage that fhips failing from it enter the 
ocean at once, without being obliged to 
pafs the Sound, has hecome the feat of 
all the Batt India trade of Sweden. All 
the iron of Warmelan: comes down tue 
Goria-Elf, and is exported from Gothen- 
burg, fo England chiefy. The herring- 
fifhery is a'fo a principal fource of fub- 
fiffence and wealth to the people of Go- 
thenburg. They adventure in the Greens 
land Wohale-fifhery. And the expertation 
of fir-planks, which are floated Gown the 
Gotha-Elf, brings in a great deal of mo- 
ney trom abroad.; The trade in fait, for 
the fifheries, and for domettic uf over the 
country, is confiderable. The port of 
Gotha-Elf is, however, too fhallow to 
receive any but fimall ceafting veilels. 
Such as are larger anchor at Mafthoget 5 
and the Eaft Indiamen, larger (ill, come 
not nearer than Elfsburg, from which 
their cargoes are conveyed, in lighters, up 
to the town. ‘The only confiderable ma- 
nufacture in Gothenburg, is a fugars 
work, 
From Gothenburg, our travellers con- 
tinued their journey in carriages moving 
on four whecls,whichwere changed at every - 
poft-houfe. Finding, however, that every 
one of thefe carriages was full narrower 
than the lait, infomuch that they {carce 
could fit together in one which they were 
furnifhed with at Bahus; they, at lat, 
bought a ftrong chaife from an innkeeper, 
in which, with much jolting, but without 
any ferious accident, they were conveyed 
fate to Diontheinm. 
At Swinefand they paffled the boundary 
between Sweden and Norway. Somes 
what more than a mile beyond that, on 
the Norway fide, they came to Fredericks- 
ball. Fredericks-ballis a pleafant town, 
of which the chief trade conffs in the 
exportation of timber, Itis Gtuate about 
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