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FORTIA’S TRAVELS IN SWEDEN: 42”
times. The fhirt worn by Guftavus Adolphus when wounded in the neck at Defchau.
‘The breeches he wore when fhot in the thigh in Pruffia, with feveral parts of his drefs.
In a fifth, ancient arms; the ftuffed fkin of the horfe on which Guftavus Adolphus
rod at the battle of Lutzen. ‘The fucceeding apartments are full of faddles and equi-
pages for carroufals: in one are the arms of the different provinces. The number of
colours in this arfenal is immenfe: the firft {tory is a counterpart of the fecond ; here
the mufquets are kept, apparently to us, in very indifferent order: as we faw them at
the conclufion of a war, there were confequently very few of them new. All the
apartments, and even the veftibules, were full of bales of cloth for the foldiers.
Note.—In. order to be allowed the infpection of this part of the arfenal, permiffion
mui{t be obtained from the prefiding general.
Park of Artillery. The place in which it is kept is very handfome, enclofed by three
fides of buildings three ftories high; a fourth fide is to be built to complete the fquare.
‘The great pile of buildings fronting the entrance, contains the artillery and its perti-
nencies, fuch as carriages, &c. In the third {tory are the tents, &c. Of the two other
piles of building, one is fet apart for the harnefs of horfes, faddles, bridles, &c; the
other ferves for workfhops. In the court are kept balls, bombs, mortars, and cannon
without carriages. ‘The number of cannon was inconfiderable, the whole of the batier-
ing train being left in Finland. Each batallion has one fix-pounder and two three-
pounders when they take the field, with four men on horfeback to each fix-pounder,
and two to each piece of three pounds. The men do not difmount when the cannon is
fired, but merely open from before its mouth. The quantity of powder ufed is always
equal to half the weight of the ball; this however is well underftood to be more than
fufficient, its ftrength being fuch as to make three eighths enough; it cofts the King
io rix-dollars the cwt. ‘The mufquets, five rix-dollars 16 (killings. There are three
manufactures of them, Norkiceuping,Nortelje, and Sceuderhamn, to the north of Gefle.
We faw in the court a Polifh cannon of brafs, terminating in a fquare, it appears to
have burft, and been tied together with cords. The workmanfhip of it is fingular ; it
is not ufed. There are twelve companies of artillery at Stockholm, confifting of nine
hundred and fixty men ; they are difperfed over the town in fuch manner, that the of-
ficers are not obliged to havea general review of them more than onceamonth. There
are eight artillerymen to each tent, but no more than fix foot foldiers, however their
tents are fmaller. In order to fee the park, you muft get allowance from General Sin-
clair, the commanding officer.
Prifons. Vhefe are three in number: that which we faw in the north fuburbs is
fmall ; it is very near the large afylum for orphans. The crown allows two {killings
daily for the maintenance of each prifoner. The prifons are built of brick, and are
vaulted. We faw fome men who had fetters on their legs, but this was not for punifh-
ment but fecurity’s fake ; they take an airing twice daily. Their rooms are very neat,
we entered all of them, and particularly one in which were two men under capital
charges for murder and forgery, one of whom had already been fentenced; their coun-
tenance was tranquil, notwithf{tanding their apartment was the condemned hold. The
whole guard confifted of a baggage-mafter and two foldiers*. Thefe prifons have not
that fhocking appearance which prifons almoft generally have. The greateft punifhment
* Upon this occafion, we could but refleé& on the difference of national chara&ters. In France, a prifon
no better guarded, would inftantly be broke; with us both an internal and external guard are necef-
fary, good locks, and ftout gratings. In fpite even of thefe precautions, how frequent are attempts to
efcape, and how often do they fucceed! This is not the only opportunity afforded us of making fimilar
reflections.
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