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of the canals intersecting the town. The former is flanked with
the handsome quays called the Norra and the Södra Stora
Hamngata. — In the angle formed by these two canals lies the
BrunnsPark (PI. 15; G, 2), with pretty grounds, a handsome new
fountain, and an establishment for warm baths.
At Norra Stora Hamngatan 12, in the building of the old East
India Company, is the Göteborgs Museum (PI. 20; G, 2), a
meritorious collection of pictures, natural history specimens,
historical relics, and industrial objects (admission on week-days 10-2.30
and 4-6, and on Sundays, 12-3; fee 25 n., free on Wed., Frid., &
Sun.).
The Xatural History Collection includes admirable specimens of
most of the fanna of Scandinavia, among the most conspicuous being
a fine eland (Elg) and a whale. A collection of plaster masks of
distinguished men and notorious criminals is also shown here. — Upstairs
are the Pictures (Taflor), the best of which are: Tidemand, Bear-hunters,
Rustic visitors ; Gude, Landscape: Möller. The Sognefjord ; D’Enter,
Waiting-room , Dressing-room; Uellqvist, Louis XI.; Forsberg, Rope-dancers.
Here also is a marble group of Cupid and Psyche, by Fogelberg and Molin.
A few paces to the W. of the Museum is the Harbour, with the
Stora Bommens Hamn (Pl. F, 2), the landing-place of the large
steamers. Close to this point is the Post Office (PI. 23), opposite
the Custom House. On an elevation to the right stands the School
of Navigation (PI. 21; G, 1). A little farther on are the Prison and
the Lilla Bommens Hamn (PI. G, 1), the landing-place of the local
steamers.
To the S. of the Stora Hamn Canal, near the harbour, is the
Landshöfdingsresidenset (PI. 26 ; F, 2), or residence of the governor
of the district. We then traverse the Stora Badhusgatan and ascend
a flight of stone steps to the left, at the head of which we turn to
the right to the top of the rocky Stora Otter-Hälleberget (Pl. F, 2),
which commands a good view of the town and harbour. To the S.,
on another hill, is the Artillery Station (PI. 12), beyond which is
the entrenchment of Kronan. To the W. is the Skeppsbro (Pl. E,
F. 2), a long quay from which the steam-launches start. At the
S. end of the Skeppsbro is the Rosenlunds Canal (Pl. E, 3), where
a number of fishing-boats from the Bohusläner Skär (islands of the
coast-district between Gothenburg and Strömstad) usually lie with
their cargoes of‘Klipflsk’caught and dried on the W. coast of Norway.
To the E. of this point the Södra Stora Hamngata leads to the
Wallgraf (‘moat’), to the left of which is the Stockholm Railivay
Station (p. 284) in the Drottningtorg. Beyond the Wallgraf lies
the ^Garden of the Horticultural Society (Trädgårdsföreningens
Lokal; Pl. H, 2, 3), with its hothouses and exotic plants
(restaurant; music in the evening; adm. 10 ö., hothouses 25 ö. extra).
On the S.W. side of the Wallgraf extends the pleasant Kungs
Park, intersected by the Nya Allee, adjoining which is the Nero
Theatre (PI. 22; G, 3), completed in 1850. In front of the theatre
is placed a replica of Molin’s *Bältespännare (p. 341). To the S.
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