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by the steamer to Xorsholm, and complete their journey to
Stockholm by railway (p. 309).
On the hilly and wooded N. side of Lake Roxen is the ruined
castle of Stjernarp , formerly the property of the Douglas family.
The S. hank of the lake is flatter, but well cultivated and not
unpicturesque. To the S.E., about 3*2 Engl. M. from the lake,
and connected with it by a canal, is Linköping (p. 307). —• In
2 hrs. after leaving Berg we reach —
Norsholm (p. 309), at the E. end of Lake Roxen, at the entrance
to another part of the canal, which is crossed here by the Stockholm
and Nässjö railway (R. 41). Passengers may disembark here and
proceed by the night-train to Stockholm. The Motala and the
Göta Canal issue from Lake Roxen here, the former falling into
Lake Gian, about 7 Engl. M. to the N. The steamer descends
three locks, and at Hulta enters the narrow lake of Asplången,
3 Engl, M. in length. At Snövelstorp it quits the lake, passes
the church of Yestra Husby on the right, and next reaches the
‘regulating lock’ of Klämman. Farther on, the canal is carried at
a considerable height above the surrounding country. Beyond
Venneberga Bro we descend the four locks of Karlsborg and two
more at Mariehof, and soon arrive at —
Söderköping (Hotel Götakanal), a town with 1900 inhab., and
an important place in the 13-16th centuries, when it boasted
of a castle, two monasteries, and five churches. It lies on the
Göta Canal and the once navigable Storå. The St. Lars and the
DrothemsKyrka are now the only old buildings worthy of mention.
The neighbouring Hydropathic Establishment attracts numerous
Swedish visitors. The water is obtained from St. Ragnhild’s Källa,
where the vessels for dTawing the water are of a kind peculiar to
Sweden. Above the canal, on the N. side, rises the Ramundershäll.
The steamer descends through a lock at Söderköping and
another at the foot of the hill just mentioned, and passes Liljesta on
the right. About 3 Engl. M. from Söderköping it reaches the last
lock, the 74th through which it has passed, where a marble slab
bears the inscription: ’■Om Herren icke bygger huset, så arbeta de
fåfängt, som derpå bygga’ (except the Lord build the house, they
labour but in vain that build it). At this point, the E. end of
the Göta Canal, lies —
Mem, on Slätbaken, a long and narrow bay of the Baltic, where
the scenery again becomes more interesting. About 11 Engl. M. to
the E. of Mem we pass the picturesque ruined castle of
Stegeborg, once occupied by King Birger Magnusson (d. 13*21). It was
rebuilt on a larger scale by Gustavus Vasa (d. 1560), whose son
John III. (d. 1592) was born here. The vessel then enters the
Trannöfjärd at the mouth of the Slätbaken creek, and steers past
Gottenvik, a pretty bay with wooded banks. Farther on, the
steamer’s course is partly on the open Baltic and partly through the
Bakuekkh’s Norway and Sweden. 4th Edit. 20
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