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210 TRAVELS
other in the fecond ftory. The cathedral occupies the centre of
thofe public buildings. |
The feat of the courts of juftice, the houfe of the prefident,
the cuftom-houfe, the excife-office, the town-hall, that of the
council, the repofitory of the water-engines, and the houfe of
the governor, are built of ftone: all the reft are conftru€ted of
wood.
_ Near Beckholmen, about three Englifh miles from Abo to the
fouth weft, is a fmall but fafe harbour, by its depth of water
capable of receiving the largeft fhipping of the town, with every
convenience for loading and unloading. The {maller veffels, which
draw only about eight or ten feet water, may proceed almoft to
the bridge.
The moft ancient privileges of the city are loft; fuch as ftill
remain are dated from the time of John the third, 1569.
To the royal tribunal refident here belong the governments of
Abo, Tavaftehus, and Heinola; it confifts of three jurifdictions,
twelve territorial judges, and ten other magiftrates.
The governor of Abo, of Bijorneborg, and of Aland, as well as
the bifhop of Abo, generally live in this city.
Guftavus Adolphus, in the year 1626, eftablifhed a gymnafium
for the ufe of the town. It was afterwards, in the year 1640,
converted by Queen Chriftina into an academy or univerfity, and
fhe appointed the bifhop of the diocefe fub-chancellor. The aca-
demies of Sweden, as has been mentioned before, have chancel-
lors, fub-chancellors, and pretors. The profeflors in chemiftry,
anatomy,
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