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SWEDEN 5
Lick bre ay Re Ok
Gottenburg May. 28,. 1786.
C\AFELY landed on the coaft of Sweden, I have now
time to refume my writing and, fulfil my promife.
I engaged myfelf to give you a faithful narrative of our
proceedings. It will be neceffary, therefore, to relate every |
circumflance, with the fame regularity that it happened,
from the time that we loft light of Tynmouth Caftle and
the Englifh fhore, The two. firlt days pafled along with.
unvaried tranquillity ; our Ship failing gently with a fair
wind from four and an half to, fometimes, feven and eight
knots in an hour. On Saturday the 27th. about fix in
the morning, we made, in the failor’s language, the Naze,
a point of land on the Norway coaft at the Entrance of
the Scaggerac, or as it is fometimes called, Cattegat Sea.
The country here appears to be very high and mountain-
ous. Soon after we came in fight of the Jutland part of
the Danifh Territories, on the oppofite fide, and paft the
Scaw, a light houfe on this coaft, with a frefh breeze, al-
moft increafing to a Gale of wind. We were obliged to
reef our topfails, the fea running fo very high. The
weather
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