FORTlA’s TRAVELS IN SWEDEN.

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the governor’s houfe, which formerly was the hofpital, he is painted extremely well incrayons, on cloth. The pifture of him was taken by Mr. Sjoeuftiernal, a Swedilh of-ficer, wounded at the battle of Hogland; this officer ferved in France during the Ame-rican war. (At that time we had nearly fifty in our navy ; twenty-eight of whom re-turned to their own country, ail of them remunerated with the Order of Merit .)This fortrefs, of the greateft confequence, deferves the full attention of the traveller.

From Helfingfors to Hackfbceule the roads are tolerably good, few mountains, fomefands. On leaving the towp, you crofs two fmall arms of the fea over bridges. At themiddle of the ftage you leave on the left the great road, quitted on the way to Helfing-fors. This fame road leads to Tavaflehus, and into the Savolax . On the left you difcerna large plain; frequently rocks and fome woods. At Sibbo , a tolerably handfome poft-houfe, an abundance of wood; the country conftantly full of rocks, but pretty wellcultivated ; lome few fands. Half a mile from the poft-houfe, on the right hand, onthe road, is a fmall glafs-houfe; it employs but five hands, and has but one furnacewith five openings: the firft earth is brought from Stralfund, and cofls 12 fchiilingsper nine pounds Swedifh weight: here glaffes of all defcriptions are made, and plateglafs; the largeft plates are forty-fix French inches by twenty-four to twenty-five. Wedid not confider them of very good colour. This glafs-houfe is called Mariendahl :there are three others in Finland, one at Biorneborg, one at Uleaborg , and the thirdatTavaftehus ; the lalt is the molt confiderable. The poft-houfe at Sibbo is on the leftout of the road ; here you may fleep.—To Vokojki , fome fliort but very rapid afcents,woods, and rocks. On leaving the poft-houfe, you pafs a road on the left, which leadsto St. Michael. The poft-houfe of Vokolki is on the left, out of the road. Beforeyou reach it, you crofs a bridge over a fmall river.—To Borgo, the road hilly, thecountry covered with wood. At the entrance of Borgo, you crofs the river over abridge. This town is very badly paved, and very dirty. Here it was that, for thefirft time, we were afked for our paffport, the judge of its value an innkeeper. AtLouifa, upon our leaving the town, it was enquired for again.—To Ilbi , this ftage is-fimilar to the two preceding.—To Perno, the road ftill very mountainous; rocks andforeft on either fide. Between Forbi and Perno is a very high caul'eway, in a woodj,between two precipices: in ca!e of travelling this way by night, the greateft care will-be requifite —To Forjby ; here is a furnace and two hammers.—To Louifa on thisftage you difcern blocks of granite on each fide throughout the whole diftance.

Louifa has no gates; it is a frightful town, fituated in a fmall fpace between themountains and the fea; its garrifcn confifted of one battalion of infantry, of the regi-ment of Stakelberg, and one company of artillery. The be!! thing about the town is,it is not paved ; you confequently may traverfe it without being jolted to death : thereis a little fort a mile out at lea ; it is not of great confequence, yet Ihould we have vifitedit but for the incivility of General Stakelberg, governor of Louifa, to whom we not-withftanding carried a letter of recommendation : fortunately the only inftance of rude-nefs we noticed in Sweden from peri'ons in office was at our leaving the kingdom.—To>Tcsjoju ; a fimilar ftage to the preceding one, rocks, woods, and blocks of granite.^—ToPytlis ; at half a mile on this ftage is the Swedilh cuftom-houfe ; afterwards a corps degarde, confifting of an officer and thirty men, who are relieved every four monthshere you {hew your paffport; beyond is a bridge over an arm of the Kymen, and alittle farther a poll on the left, which indicates you are fifty werfts from Fredericftiamm.This is the boundary of the two ftates. A little before you come hither is a fmall paf-fiige over a rock,, very fhort, it is true, but very bad. Before the end of the ftage, atthe extremity of a bridge, is a chevaux de frize ; there is the Ruffian cuftom-houfe : 'you:yet !hew your Swedilh paffport; by giving a 12 Ikilling note you avoid being rummaged,.

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