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156 TRAVELS
ing principle between mufic and dancing is what the ancients
called rythmus, or what we call time and meafure. 5th. There
are few if any countries in Europe in which eminence in litera-
ture and feience has been fo much noticed by the court as in
Sweden. The order of knighthood and other marks of diftinc-
tion have been beftowed on different profeffors to a degree of al-
moft profufion. In general the literary character in Sweden is
held in high refpe&t and eftimation. It is an object of ambition
with men of bufinefs in eafy and profperous circumf{tances, and
even with the nobility and gentry. Here it may be mentioned
that Guftavus III. towards the end of the year 1778, conducted
the prince royal, the prefent king of Sweden, to the untverfity of
Upfala, and affifted at all the public, and the greateft part of the
private exercifes performed by the young prince during a ftay of
fix weeks. The ardour and fuccefs with which he applied to his
ftudies at the early age of eight or nine years, was highly gratify-
ing to the king, who, in order to familiarize him with the people,.
whom he was born to govern, and to give him an early knowledge:
of the kingdom, had already accompanied him over feveral, of the
provinces.
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