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Impressions of Sweden.
By a Scotch Tourist.
In recent years Scandinavia has become a favourite tmiring
gronnd; and each June additional facilities are being provided
for those pleasure-seekers who prefer the bold scenery and
bra-cing air of the northern countries to the subtler beauties of
Southern Europé with its more enervating climate.
Norway, with its great Fiords stretching into the heart of
the country, and its wild crags and snow-topped mountains, has
attracted more attention than its sister country. Nevertheless,
there is much to admire and interest in Sweden. In its more
northerly regions will be seen vast tracts of forest, large,
swift-flowing rivers, and high mountain ranges, and in the central
district, a succession of lovely lakes and canals, which perhaps
form the chief charm of Eastern Scandinavia.
Nowhere is there to be found so magnificent a series of
lakes and canals as those which intersect the whole country
from the North Sea to the Baltic, and I know of no pleasanter
sail than through these waterways. There the interest is aroused
at every turn. After leaving Gothenburg and steaming up the
Gota River, the traveller rises at a very early hour to see
the wonders of Trollhättan. Ås he wends his way in the fresh
morning air along the river banks with the dewy screen
glisten-ing in the , sun, hears the rush of the foaming cascades, sees
the spire of Trollhätta Church on the heights beyond, and
mayhap joins the birds in a morning prayer, his thoughts, if
tuned to the surroundings, must rise to a nobler height.
Trollhättan passed, the huge inland sea of Wener is crossed,
and the sameness of its hundred miles of water is relieved
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