A Tour in Sweden in 1838: Comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Economical State of the Swedish Nation |
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Page ix
... Vessel to Tornea . Isles and Rocks.- Naval Defence of Sweden . - Gun Boats . Russia to Sweden . Gefle.- Sodrehamn . Heat . Appearance of the Coast . diksval . Stromming Fishery . Sundsval . Hernosand.- Bishop Frantzen . Umea . Real ...
... Vessel to Tornea . Isles and Rocks.- Naval Defence of Sweden . - Gun Boats . Russia to Sweden . Gefle.- Sodrehamn . Heat . Appearance of the Coast . diksval . Stromming Fishery . Sundsval . Hernosand.- Bishop Frantzen . Umea . Real ...
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... vessel across the North Sea is in truth a very tedious affair , although it be one of only fifty hours . Steam with all its powers has not the power of making itself agreeable . On board of a sailing vessel you have at least the ...
... vessel across the North Sea is in truth a very tedious affair , although it be one of only fifty hours . Steam with all its powers has not the power of making itself agreeable . On board of a sailing vessel you have at least the ...
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... vessels , schools , savings ' banks , all , as well as the laws , emanate from , or are controlled by govern- ment , and even ordinary branches of private in- dustry , such as mines , iron - founderies , salt - works , are subject to ...
... vessels , schools , savings ' banks , all , as well as the laws , emanate from , or are controlled by govern- ment , and even ordinary branches of private in- dustry , such as mines , iron - founderies , salt - works , are subject to ...
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... vessel just fitted out by government , or with its permission and privilege , a canoe , not a boat but a canoe , formed apparently out of a hollowed trunk of a large tree , and as a work of art in no respect superior to the Omiak of the ...
... vessel just fitted out by government , or with its permission and privilege , a canoe , not a boat but a canoe , formed apparently out of a hollowed trunk of a large tree , and as a work of art in no respect superior to the Omiak of the ...
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... vessel ; and with people evidently unacquainted with steam ma- chinery , and with the coast . There is very little depth of water between the large flat islands of Langaland , Laaland , and Zealand , and from the want of a pilot we had ...
... vessel ; and with people evidently unacquainted with steam ma- chinery , and with the coast . There is very little depth of water between the large flat islands of Langaland , Laaland , and Zealand , and from the want of a pilot we had ...
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