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Ätraå, which the train crosses. — 118 Kil. Heberg; 122 Kil. Slöinge.
The train crosses the Suseå, which receives the waters of the Storå
at the modern turreted chåteau of Mostorp. The village of (127 Kil.)
Getinge lies on the opposite bank of the Storå. We now pass through
a fertile, well-wooded, and hilly country. To the left are the large
farms of Susegården and Fröllinge; to the right the farm of Bårarp
and the churches of Refvinge and Steninge. 131 Kil. Brännarp;
135 Kil. Harplinge; 140 Kil. Gullbrandstorp. We now traverse a
sandy pine-grown district, with the large estate of Vapnö.
151 Kil. (9?U/2 Engl. M.) Halmstad (Hotel Mårtenson; Svea),
with 9800 inhab., the seat of the governor of the province of
Hatland, with an old church and an old castle, lies on the N. bank of
the Halmstadsbugl, at the mouth of the Nissan, which the railway
crosses by a handsome iron bridge. It is a centre of the
‘Halm-stadslax’. or salmon fishery.
From Halmstad to Nässjö, 196 Kil. (122 Engl. 51.), express in 6hrs.
(fares 15 kr. 70, 11 kr. SO, 9 kr. SO Ö.), ordinary train in 11 hrs. (fares
12 kr. 75, 9 kr. SO, 7 kr. SS ö.). The train ascends the valley of the
Fissaå. 5 Kil. Spevlingsholm, an old estate of Baron Sperling, with a
modern chateau and a large park. Most of the other stations are
unimportant. Some of them have large saw-mills. 115 Kil. Vernamo, with an
important annual fair. — 143 Kil. Skyllingaryd, with various factories. —
151 Kil. Guta/ors. — 196 Kil. Fässjö, see p. 306.
Beyond Halmstad we cross the Fylleu and reach (159 Kil.)
Trön-ninge. 162 Kil. Eldsberga; 168 Kil. G’enevad; 170 Kil. Veinge;
175 Kil. Laholm, an old town with 1600 inhab. on the Lagan;
180 Kil. Vallberga. Near (184 Kil.) Skottorp are the estates of
Gamla and Nya Skottorp, where we cross the Smedjeå, and
Dömes-torp, where Charles XI. married Princess Ulrika Eleanor of
Denmark in 1680. — The train now crosses the Stenså and quits the
province of Halland. — Beyond (191 Kil.) Båstad we ascend the
valley of the Sinarp. From (198 Kil.) Grefvie, which affords a good
view of the sea and the Kullen, we descend the Hallandsås, a
diluvial range of hills, 650 ft. in height, extending to the S.E. to
Skåne, which is intersected by other chains of similar character.
These hills (Asar) consist chiefly of sand and loose stones, and are
either the huge moraines of primeval glaciers, or ancient
submarine deposits. — 204 Kil. Förslåf; 208 Kil. Barkåkra.
213 Kil. Engelholmshamn, on the Bay of Skelderviken. To the
right lies the fishing-village of Skepparkroken.
216 Kil. (134 Engl. M.) Engelholm (Hotel Thor; Vega), a town
of 2100 inhab. on the Rönna-A, with considerable fisheries and a
trade in grain. It is also a station on the railway to Landskrona
(p. 385). — We now cross the Vegeå and reach (222 Kil.)
Vege-holtn and (225 Kil.) Röyle.
o 229 Kil. (142 Engl. M.) Kattarp, the junction of the railway from
Astorp (p. 388) to Höganäs.
From Kattarp to IIöc.anäs, 15 Kil. (9»/2 Engl. 51.), railway in J/t hr.
Tlie intermediate stations are unimportant. — HOgieniit iZimiuerdahl’s Inn),
witli coal-mines and a famous manufactory of pottery, is the best start-
Baedkkkr’s Norway and .Sweden. 4tli Kdit. 19
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