Full resolution (JPEG) - On this page / på denna sida - Pages ...
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
Below is the raw OCR text
from the above scanned image.
Do you see an error? Proofread the page now!
Här nedan syns maskintolkade texten från faksimilbilden ovan.
Ser du något fel? Korrekturläs sidan nu!
This page has never been proofread. / Denna sida har aldrig korrekturlästs.
470 , FORTIA’S TRAVELS IN SWEDEN.
Gefle. A {mall town, of from five to fix thoufand inhabitants; it is more confider-
able than Fahlun, and much more pleafant from its fituation on the gulph of Bothnia.
Its port is formed by a long jetty, from the extremity of which the profpett is delight-
ful. Acanal pafles through the town. Its trade is confiderable, fo much fo, as to
make it rank the third in the kingdom for the extent of its exports, and at leaft the
fourth in point of importation. Very large quantities of iron are fhipped hence. In
1787 fifty-two veflels belonged to this town, carrying fix thoufand fix hundred and for-
ty-two tons. Uddevalla and Vifby poffefs more thipping, but the firft exports {carcely -
any thing but fith, and the tonnage of the fecond is not fo great.
‘At Gefle there isa public fchool. The town-houfe is a handfome building. Mr. de
Cronftedt, governor of Geftricie, has caufed a map of this province to be engraved,
which is admirably performed ; we cannot fay the fame, however, of the duties of ci-
vility to ftrangers addreffed to him; this flight blemifh, however, we look upon as
more than compenfated by his conduct towards, and his zeal in the caufe of Gufta-
vus III., who has not one fubject more grateful for favours received than is Mr. Cron-
ftedt.
Some miles diftant in the neighbourhood of Gefle, towards the weft, are the forges
of Tollfors, Walbo, Mafugu and Mackmura, Forfbacka and Heugbo: on the north thofe
of Ofltiforfs, Wiforfs, and Axmar. Continuing the road to Torneo, you traverfe the
foreft of Tynnebro-heden, which feparates Geftricie from Helfingie. In this laft province
are the towns of Sceuderhamn and Hudvifkfvall. In the firft is a manufactory of arms.
Within reach of the great road are the forges of Longvind, Iggefund, Gnarps, Ma/fugu,
and Frantzhamar.
In the province of Medelpad is the town of Sundfvall; it is watered by the rivers
Niurunda and Indabls. In the village of Berge, in the parifh of Timero, is fhewn a ma-
chine after the Dutch fafhion, which cuts the metal for coining by means of water.
The forges of Galreum, Leugdeun, and Oviken are fituated in this province.
The capital of Angermania is Hernofand : it is the governor’s refidence, as well as
that of the bifhop, and contains, moreover, an ecclefiaftical confiftory and a public ~
fchool. This province produces a quantity of flax, and is famous for its mode of
{pinning and working it. The moft confiderable river bears the name of the province. |
The forges of Utanfieu, in the parifh of Haugzieu, and Olosforfs in that of Nordmaling,
are upon the high road.
_ The following towns are contained in the province of Weftrobothnie. Uméo, the re-
fidence of the governor; Pitceo, that of the military governor; Luleo and Torneo; the
latter known by the fojourn made by the academicians fent thither in 1736 to determine
the figure of the earth. It contains thefe different forges: Horlefor/s, in the parifh of
Umeo; Robersforfs, in that of Bygdeo; Melderfteil in Boleo; Svafren and Kengis,
ten miles north of Torneo. Hither mutt you repair if defirous of feeing the fun unin-
terruptedly for days together; but this pleafure will be dearly bought by the fatigue
of the journey from Torneo, and particularly the additional inconvenience you will ex-
perience if you fhould travel to Ruffia down the eaftern fide of the gulph; fince you
will have to traverfe an immenfe extent of country, entirely deftitute of all refources, im-
mediately after you leave the fea. Another fuperior vexation is the prodigious quantity
of infeéts of every kind, which fwarm through the country ia the two or three months
the fummer lafts. One fpecies of fly in particular draws blood. The inhabitants
obliged to be upon the rivers, have no other means of protection againft them than by
covering their face with a kind of maftic. For the reft, the whole road from Gefle is
as
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
