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THROUGH SWEDEN. —-/’ 49
amidft a dozen of {maller ones, each deftined for different pur-
pofes: the whole refembles the refidence of a mandarin. ’ Of the
{maller pavilions there is one that contains a complete forge and
work-fhop, with the neceflary apparatus for making locks, an art
) in which Guftavus III. is faid to have excelled, and which he fre-
quently -practifed. It is cuftomary, among Mahomedan princes,
or perhaps a duty enjoined by their laws, to learn in their youth
fome trade, by means of which they may gain a fubfiftence, in cafe
of their being reduced to that neceflity by fome of thofe fudden re-
volutions, which are incident to all defpotic governments. I do not
fuppofe that Guftavus III. was actuated by any fuch motive ; but as.
this prince, from fome reafon or other, chofe to be a mechanic,
there was a fingular propriety in a king of Sweden becoming an
artificer in brafs and iron. The other pavilions ferve for bed-
rooms, for fupper-rooms, dancing and card-rooms. The furni-
ture, which is very {plendid, was brought from China ; but, after.
all, the object with which a fpectator is moft forcibly impreffed
in the pleafure-grounds of Drottningholm, is the contraft between
trees and flowers and barren rocks. In the palace itfelf is to be
feen an elegant library, fitted up with great tafte. Befides a well
chofen collection of books, it contains a number of Etrurian vafes,
fome of them highly valuable. Among an immenfe number of
manufcripts, there is one by the celebrated Queen Chriftiana, en-
titled M:/cellaneous Thoughts; alfo a copy in the hand-writing of
Charles XII. when a child; on one of the leaves of which is in-
Wovule | Hi foribed
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