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DOCUMENT 197.
SWEDENBORG’S MECHANICAL FEAT BEFORE
FREDERICKSHALL IN 1718.*
In the beginning of the year 1718, several Swedish men
of-war set sail from the Baltic, but they had soon to retreat,
inasmuch as a superior Danish-English ’ fleet approached,
a
which completely commanded the channel.
This was a great hindrance to Charles. From the Catte
gat and through Swinesund there extends beyond Fredericks
hall a deep inlet, called Iddefjorden. In this there lay
several small Danish craft, which contributed very much both
towards defending the fortress from the enemy and in fur
nishing it with provisions. Charles intended to attack and to
destroy them, and for this purpose he had collected several
galleys among the islands of Bohuslän and around Strömstad,
But on account of the presence of the Danish men -of-war,
he could not venture to take them over the open sea between
Strömstad and Swinesund. Charles then hit upon the same
idea which Peter tried to carry out near Twerminne in
1713. Over heaps of brushwood, by means of rollers and
through flowing water, he dragged and carried two galleys,
several large boats, and a sloop over -land from Strömstad to
the Iddefjord, about 2; Swedish miles [about 17 English
miles ]. Polhem had formed the plan, and he sent Sweden
borg to execute it. At first the work went on very slowly;
but soon Charles came himself, and urged on the work in
person. For every yard over which any of the craft was
Svenska Historien, part XXIX ,
* From Fryxell’s Berättelser
pp. 128, 129,
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