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country, buried under everlasting snow and ice, without inns,
post-horses, or roads, he may be surprized to meet with many
public regulations and establishments which he did not expect:
but when, on the other hand, he suffers himself to be imposed on
by the groundless supposition of finding in that country such
accommodations as in France or England, he will be miserably
disappointed. It would not be very wide of the mark to say, that
the truth lies, as usual, between the two extremes, but inclining
rather to the side which is unfavourable.
In order to make the journey from Helsingburg to Stockholm
more interesting, you should take the route of Gothenburg
and Trolhätta. Before you come to Gothenburg, you pass
through Warberg, a small village with a fortress, situated on the
edge of the sea. Here the Swedish government confined the
famous General Peckling, suspected of being an accomplice in the
murder of Gustavus III. This man was of the party in
opposition to the king in 1756, being at that time in the pay of Russia.
In 1762, when he had become a pensioner of France, he was
on the side of the court. In 1772, when having the rank of
colonel in the army, he betrayed an intention to excite his
regiment to mutiny; but he was arrested at Enköping, conducted to
Stockholm,[1] and after the death of Gustavus, shut up in the
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