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people. A little to the S.W. of Mora is Utmehind, where a
monument marks the site of the cellar in which the wife of Tomt
Mats Larsson with great presence of mind concealed the fugitive
Gustavus from his Danish pursuers, covering the entrance with
a beer-vat. The room in the interior of the monument is adorned
with three pictures, hy Höckert, E. Bergh, and Charles ArT. The
neighbouring Christineberg commands a fine view.
On the days when the steamboat does not touch at Rättvik, it
continues its voyage beyond Mora across the Orsa-Sjö immediately
to the N. to the unimportant Orsa.
50. From Stockholm viå Upsala to Östersund
and Throndhjem.
854 Kil. (530 Engl. 31.). Railway in 59 hrs., including two halts for
the night at Bollnäs and Östersund. From Stockholm to Storlien we travel
by the Swedish Xord-Stambana, and thence to Throndhjem by the
Norwegian II crib cay. A throngli-train , accomplishing the entire distance in
31’/2 hrs., runs between the middle of June and the end of September
only. Fares from Stockholm to Throndhjem 45 kr. 70, 29 kr. 7U ö.; from
Upsala to Throndhjem 41 kr. 70, 27 kr. 40 Ö. The journey is tiresome,
and can be recommended to tourists only as being the shortest route
between Stockholm and Throndhjem, whether a visit to the Nordland (R. 29)
or Jloldefjord (R. 23) is combined with it, or whether the traveller wishes to
return to Sweden after visiting the Jloldefjord from Throndhjem. In any
case the traveller should not undergo more than one of the long railway
journeys between Christiania and Throndhjem (R. 26) and between
Stockholm and Throndhjem. — Those with more time at their disposal may
proceed by steamer to Hornesand and Sollefteå (p. 374) and thence by train
to Bräcke (p. 371).
From Stockholm to (66 Kil.] Upsala, see pp. 355, 356.—79 Kil.
Vänge; 86 Kil. Aland; 100 Kil. Vittinge; 107 Kil. Morgonyafva :
113 Kil. Heby.
128 Kil. (79 M.) Sala (Stads-Hotellet; Hotel Sala), a town with
5200 inhab., founded by Gustavus Adolphus in 1622, is famous
for its Silfvergrufva, the principal silver-mine in Sweden. The
yield was formerly very considerable, and the mine was styled
‘Rikes skattkammare och yppersta klenod’ (the treasury and chief
gem of the kingdom], but it has greatly decreased of late years (now
about 2300 lbs. only"). Lead-ore and litharge are now the minerals
chiefly worked here. At the interesting Sala Hytta on the Sala
Damm, to the N. of the town, the various processes of refining
the silver should be inspected. From Sala a railway diverges
to the S. to Tillberga and Vesterås (p. 315]. — 138 Kil. Broddbo;
150 Kil. Rosshyttan.
161 Kil. (100 M.) Krylbo (Jernvägs-Hotellet, with restaurant],
where we reach the Dal-Elf, the historic frontier river of Dalarne,
is the junction for the railway to Engelsberg (p. 366),
Seglinys-berg, Ramnäs (p.366], and Tillberga (p. 316). Generally a long
halt here.
About 6 Engl. 31. to the W. of Krylbo is Brunnbäck. where the
Dale-carlians routed the Danes (‘Jutar’) in 1521.
Uakuk.kkr’s Norway and Sweden 4th Edit. O j.
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