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190 TRAVELS
father of Guftavus 1. During the war between Suante Sture and
John II. king of Denmark, it was burned, but rebuilt, and ferved
as a prifon to the unfortunate Eric XIV. in the year 1571. In
the year 1556 if was granted, with all the ifles of Aland in fief,
to duke John. After this, namely in 1603, it devolved to Ca-
therine, widow of Guftavus I. In 1644 that part of the caftle,
which was conftructed of wood was deftroyed by fire. Then
it became the property Queen Ulrica Eleanora, the confort. of
‘Charles XI. and fince that it has been burned and rebuilt feveral
times.
Between the ifles of Vergata and Kumlinge we had for our
guide a peafant of about fifty-five years of age, who aftonifhed us
with the great freedom of his converfation, as well as the good
fenfe of his obfervations. Very different from other ruftics, who
never open their lips, nor difcover any fparks of curiofity about
any thing, he made many enquiries, and with great politenefs,
concerning our native country, the nature of its government, its
fituation, climate, natural produce, and feveral other fubjects; and
his queftions ftruck us as being greatly above the common under-
ftanding of perfons in his condition of life. Being informed that
we were from Italy, he expreffed much aftonifhment: he had
heard, he faid, that there was a war in Italy, and that there was
in that country a warrior who {truck terror into all the world;
alluding no doubt to Bonaparte. We afked him how many miles
he conceived Italy to be diftant from Aland? He faid he could
not tell; but that he imagined it to be a great deal farther off
than
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