A Tour in Sweden in 1838: Comprising Observations on the Moral, Political, and Economical State of the Swedish Nation |
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... miles up this river , at Dyefors , there is the most considerable salmon fishery in Sweden . It has not yet ... mile or two from the town I met a little steam - boat in the forest , for ― the woods concealed the stream , and close to 28 ...
... miles up this river , at Dyefors , there is the most considerable salmon fishery in Sweden . It has not yet ... mile or two from the town I met a little steam - boat in the forest , for ― the woods concealed the stream , and close to 28 ...
Page 29
... miles , appears to have been a chain of lakes , of which the former islands are the present unconnected eminences of primary rock , granite , gneiss , or porphyry , and the bottoms , those cultivated valleys , from which the numerous ...
... miles , appears to have been a chain of lakes , of which the former islands are the present unconnected eminences of primary rock , granite , gneiss , or porphyry , and the bottoms , those cultivated valleys , from which the numerous ...
Page 32
... miles from hence , which could be called the domain of a large land- owner . Yet it strikes me that there is a great difference here in the condition of the middle and lower classes , and judging from such trifles as one is scarcely ...
... miles from hence , which could be called the domain of a large land- owner . Yet it strikes me that there is a great difference here in the condition of the middle and lower classes , and judging from such trifles as one is scarcely ...
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... miles from Carlstad . There are ten sail of schooners and sloops in the roadsted ; some of them not less than 80 tons burden , and fitted out to stand bad weather . The navigation of the lake is not without its dangers . The coun- try ...
... miles from Carlstad . There are ten sail of schooners and sloops in the roadsted ; some of them not less than 80 tons burden , and fitted out to stand bad weather . The navigation of the lake is not without its dangers . The coun- try ...
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... 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 outbuildings very crazy . There is some cause for the want here of ...
... 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 outbuildings very crazy . There is some cause for the want here of ...
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