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THROUGH SWEDEN. 35
CHAPTER Ill.
Lopographical Defcription of Stockholn—Change produced in tts Ap-
pearance by the Ice—Violence of the Cold that prevails in Winter
—Some Objects mentioned which are peculiar to the Winter Seafon:
Water-Carts, Sledges, &c.—A Sugar-Houfe on Fire, and the cu-
rious Effects of the Frofi—The Seafon of Summer: Country Life
of the Nobility and Gentry—Their Diverfions and Amufemenis—
Paffion of the Swedes for Cards and Gaming—Environs of Stock-
holm—Drottningholnm: the Royal Palace—Aunual Tournament
at Drottningholm—The Royal Park at Stockholm—Royal Proces-
sion and yearly Feftival in the Park.
N order to form an idea of the romantic pofition of Stockholm,
it will be well to caft a look over the accompanying map.
There are few cities in Europe more advantageoufly fituated than -
the one of which I am fpeaking, whether it be confidered in a
commercial point of view, or with regard to the variety of {ce-
“nery that prefents itfelf to the eye. The latter is particularly en-
hanced by the different profpects of the water with which the
city is every where indented and encempaffed. From a want ot
topographical knowledge, two Frenchmen, in their tour to the
North, fay, ** that only the city of Stockhelm, properly fo called, -
Mi ¥ 2 SCTis
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