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THROUGH SWEDEN. 2Q
‘The Danith and Swedith mode of lodging the horfes has, I
have been informed, fo far attracted the notice of his Royal
Highnefs the Duke of York, who keeps a fteady eye on whatever
may contribute to the improvement of the army, that he has given
orders for the erection of fome barracks on that plan, by way of
experiment. The refult will be of great importance, if this bed-
ding on boards, if I may fay fo, fhall be found to preferve the foot
of the horfe, even though its expenfivenefs hou pevent its ge-
neral adoption. v6)
_ The grain in the country from Gothenburgh to Stockholm, and
I was informed throughout almoft all Sweden, is rye, oats, peas,
beans, and fome barley. There is fome wheat in Scania, and alfo
in the environs of Upfala. This place was the refidence of Odin,
and ancient capital of Scandinavia; and in its vicinity there are
many traces of cultivation, and remains of former fplendour. In
Sweden the ftate of agriculture is greatly behind: that of moft
other countries ; the ridges are neither levelled nor evened, nor
regularly divided. The foil /eatled™ very confiderably in the
middle, while both fides are more and more deprived of it, fo that
the edges are almoft bare rock. Their winding form at both
- ends prevents the paflage of the waters, to drain off which in fuch
a climate, fhould be one of the principal objects. The frefh
ground to be employed in agricult re is cleared of wood by fire,
which fpreads fometimes too far, De leaves around the cultivated
{pot a wide and inhofpitable wafte, inimical to vegetation. The
deftruction of the woods is undoubtedly the caufe why certain dif-
tricts
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