A Tour in Sweden in 1838: Comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Economical State of the Swedish Nation |
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Page 20
... ground , and sledges driving about in the first half of this month ; and until grass had grown , and roads become dry , travelling was scarcely prac- ticable . The season for tillage and sowing is so short in this climate , that horses ...
... ground , and sledges driving about in the first half of this month ; and until grass had grown , and roads become dry , travelling was scarcely prac- ticable . The season for tillage and sowing is so short in this climate , that horses ...
Page 30
... grounds in this tract appear to me to range not according to the run of the rivers or main drainage of the country , but according to great basins which at some period have held extensive fresh water lakes . This I in- fer from the ...
... grounds in this tract appear to me to range not according to the run of the rivers or main drainage of the country , but according to great basins which at some period have held extensive fresh water lakes . This I in- fer from the ...
Page 31
... ground rock in this tract between the Glom- men and the Wener , are not phenomena requiring very extraordinary convulsions or changes in the country , to account for their production . - Carlstad , June . Every traveller is placed ...
... ground rock in this tract between the Glom- men and the Wener , are not phenomena requiring very extraordinary convulsions or changes in the country , to account for their production . - Carlstad , June . Every traveller is placed ...
Page 32
... grounds for an opinion , that their condition is worse in this tract of Sweden . The trifles I judge from are these : the houses , out - houses , and all about them appear out of repair , as if they had been built twenty or thirty years ...
... grounds for an opinion , that their condition is worse in this tract of Sweden . The trifles I judge from are these : the houses , out - houses , and all about them appear out of repair , as if they had been built twenty or thirty years ...
Page 35
... grounds , such soil is fertile . It is the best in the country for many miles around , yet in the course of 35 miles through this tract , I saw not one new house building , no repairs of the old houses going on , and the stead- ings and ...
... grounds , such soil is fertile . It is the best in the country for many miles around , yet in the course of 35 miles through this tract , I saw not one new house building , no repairs of the old houses going on , and the stead- ings and ...
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