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privileges in 1856. Several iron-works and manufactories ,
including a tändsticksfabrik.
Railway from Oskarshamn to Nässjö, 148 Kil. (92 Engl. M.),
in 6 hrs. (fares 9 kr. 65, 5 kr. 55 ö.}. — The line traverses a
wooded district, presenting little attraction. Several unimportant
stations.
65 Kil. (40V2 M.) Hultsfred, the junction of branch-lines to
Storebro and Vimmerby (21 Kil.), two small manufacturing towns,
and to Ankarsrum (with iron-works) and (70 Kil.) Vestervik (see
p. 309).—Near Marianelund are the estate and church of Hessleby.
127 Kil. (79 M.) Eksjö (Stadshuset; Jemvägs-Hotellet), a town
with 3100 inhab., near which is a curious Skurugata, a ravine
125 ft. deep and 20 ft. wide, penetrating a rockv hill for nearlv
2 Engl. M.
150 Kil. (93 Engl. M.) Nässjö, see p. 306.
55. Malmö and its Environs.
Arrival. Railway Station (Södra Stambana, R. 53), near the
Steamboat Quay. On the latter is the Nya Tullhus (PI. 7; B, 2), or custom-house,
where 1he luggage of passengers arriving from Copenhagen i3 examined.
— Cab from quay to station i kr., porter (Bärare’) 30-50 ö. — Travellers
entering Sweden here should at once buy the latest number of ‘Sveriges
Kommunikationer’ (10 ö.). — Steamboats (besides the coasting vessels to
Stockholm, Gothenburg, etc.) to Copenhagen (16 Engl. 31.) 4-5 times daily
in t’/2-l3A hr- (l’/s- 1 kr.); to Stralsund; to Lubeck five times weekly in
16-18 hrs. Others touch here on their way to London, Amsterdam,
Bordeaux, etc.
Hotels. ‘Keamee’s Hotel, in the Stor-Torg (Pl. B, 2); ’Hotel Horn
(formerly Seea), near the quay and the railway-station; Stockholm:
Danmark.
Restaurants at the hotels. — Cafés: G. Baude, Hamn-Gatan ; Feu Brown,
Söder-Gatan; Cafe in the Rung Oscars Park (p. 395), a favourite resort.
— 3Ionev exchanged by Mr. T. Flensburg, the British vice-consul, and at
Kjöbenhamns Lånebank.
Sea Baths on the X. side of the harbour.
Malmö, a busy and thriving seaport, the capital of the fertile
province of Skåne, with 45,100 inhab., is situated on the Sound.
opposite to Copenhagen (16 Engl.M. distant), in a flat and
uninteresting district. It is now the third town in Sweden in point of
population and importance, and possesses a considerable
commercial fleet and a number of manufactories (including several
from which the well-known Swedish gloves are largely exported).
In the middle ages Malmö was the chief commercial town on
the Sound, especially during the Hanseatic period. Its prosperity
was mainly due to the productive herring-fishery, which attracted
merchants from ail parts of the Baltic. It is mentioned for the first
time in 1259, but it lay at that time in the Vcstervang, now the
suburb of Södervärn, while the site of the modern town was then
occupied by the fishing village of Svalperup. During the
chequered reign of Christian II. of Denmark (1513-23) Malmö em-
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