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THROUGH SWEDEN. 39
of Guftavus Adolphus. On two fides of this fquare, the right
‘and the left, are two edifices, the fronts of which are in exact cor-
refpondence and fymmetry with each other. One of them is the
palace of the princefs royal; and the other the opera-houfe. It
is much to be regretted that ‘the houfes in this place are not built
in fuch a {tyle and order as to anfwer to thefe buildings. If they
were altered and embellifhed in a manner analagous to the prin-
cefs’s palace and the opera-houfe, I will venture to fay, that there
are few cities which would afford fuch a magnificent point of
view as the north bridge of Stockholm would then afford. To
this is to be added the effect produced on the imagination, by
the noife of the water rufhing in a violent cataract through the
arches of the bridge, which completes the romantic aflemblage.
After what has been faid of the fituation of Stockholm, it will
be eafy to conceive what a change the appearance of the whole
fcene muft undergo by the oppofite feafons.
The grand and moft sega i in the locality of
that city, namely, being fituated on iflands amidft gulfs and
lakes, is deftroyed by the ice. The fame water which divides
the inhabitants of the different quarters in fummer unites them
in winter. It becomes a plain which is traverfed by every
body. The iflands are iflands no longer: horfes in fledges, phae-
tons, and in vehicles of all forts placed on fkates, fcour the gulf
and lakes by the fide of fhips fixed in the ice, and aftonifhed
as it were to find themfelves in fuch company on the fame ele-
ment. Thofe lakes, which in fummer were brightened by the
clear
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