fortunate, 203; saves the life of a peasant, 206; number of
bears, &c. destroyed under his command, 230; visit to him,
ii. 73

Farming, rent and tenure of a farm in Wermeland, i. 45; de-

scription of the farm, 46; farm-house, 48; live stock, 51;
servants, ibid.; usual fare, 53; distil their brandy, 54; grow
their flax and manufacture their linen, ibid.; manufacture their
woollen cloths, ibid.; their mode of life described, 55; tan
skin for their shoes, ibid.; good carpenters and mechanics, ibid.
Faxefjäll, great elevation, ii. 359; accident in descending, ibid.
Fences, singular, their construction, i. 14

Ferries used in Sweden, described, i. 337

Fins, a great migration of them into Wermeland in the reign of
Charles IX. i. 192

Finne, Jan, a great bear-hunter, killed sixty-five bears, i. 192;
medal given to him by Government, for his services as forest-
keeper, 193; commands the hallet in a bear-skall, 196;
anecdote of, ii. 144

Fire, curious method of kindling it, ii. 244

Fires, common in Sweden, i. 331

Fish, rivers and lakes of Dalecarlia abound in, i. 232; list of
them, 233

Fishing, the season in Dalecarlia commences in May, i. 233 ; open
to all classes, 234; Lăngrefs, or fishing lines many miles in
length, ibid.; a drag for perch described, 235; good fishing
among the rapids on the Klar, 240; angling in Lake Wenern,
332; fishing plentiful below the falls of Trollhättan, particularly
trout and salmon, 352; also pike, 354; fishing dangerous
here, 352; manner of fishing under the ice, ii. 70; generally
occupies a day, 72; method of weighting nets, 73; flue nets
very destructive, ibid.

Flax, grown and manufactured into linen, by the Swedish pea-
santry, i. 54

Flies, artificial used in angling, i. 246

Food, general fare of the superior Swedish peasants, i. 53

Forsell, Mr. Carl af, his statistical tables, i. 4; his maps of
Scandinavia, 36.

Forss, on the Dall, fine rapids near, i. 157

Fox, sometimes killed by the eagle, i. 256; numerous near the

western coast of Sweden, 367; varieties of, 368; their

skins an article of profitable commerce with Russia, 375;
frequently caught in pitfalls, ii. 85; anecdote of one, ibid.
Fox hounds, directions for choosing, rearing them, &c. i. 376
Fox-hunting, pursued on foot, i. 376; they climb trees for shel-
ter, 381; formerly frequent in the Royal Park of Haga, ibid.
Frederick, King of Sweden, a lover of hunting, i. 160; list of
beasts shot by him in a skall, 164; several skalls formed for
him, 165, &c.; his dogs fine, 169; anecdotes, 170; causes a
rencounter between a lion and a bear, 174

Frolich, Count David, good forcing-houses in his gardens at
Katrineberg, which produce pines, i. 324; good geometrician,

325

Frost, effects of on the feet, ii. 4; appearance and method of
cure, 5.

G.

Game, scarce in Sweden, i. 80; because destroyed without dis-
crimination, 81; species of feathered game in Wermeland, 82;
four-footed game in Wermeland, 83

Game laws of Sweden, equitable, but not observed, i. 86; con-
trasted with our own game laws, ibid.; seasons at which it is
permitted to kill game, 87; what kinds of game it is pro-
hibited to kill, ibid.; some enactments relative to game, 88
Garberg, Mr., visit to, ii. 86

Gardens, want of them among the peasantry of the North of
Sweden, i. 50 common in the South, 51

Gefle, town of, visit to, ii. 85

Geijer, Mr. J. G., Counsellor of the College of Mines, &c.,

i. 41; Mr. Emanuel, visit to, ii. 190

Gentry of Sweden, their dress, i. 72; houses, 73; hospitality,
ibid.; style of living, ibid.; great smokers, 76

Gerdten, a visit to Col. and the Countess of, i. 329

Gestrickland, province of, ii. 88

Glutton, or wolverine, description of, ii. 316; habits, 317

Gnats, seen in such myriads as to darken the air, but not very
troublesome, i. 248

Göta River, i. 341; its cascades at Trollhättan, 342

Gothenberg described, i. 400; its commerce, 401; attacks of
the Danes upon it, 403; its paving very bad, 404; provisions
cheap, ibid.; hotels, 405

Goustafjeld, beautiful mountain, ii. 295

Government, form of, in Sweden, mild and liberal, i. 3

Granaries, established to provide against the effects of scarcity,
i. 11

Granberg, journey to, drunken guide, ii. 238; description, 239:
lodging, ibid.

Grave, remarkable, ii. 65

Graves, cannot be opened in the winter, ii. 65

Grayling, large, found in the Dal, i. 157; abundant in the Klar,
240; number, &c. taken in a day, 242

Greiff, Mr., Forste Hof-Jägmästare, work published by, on Scan-
dinavian field-sports, i. 81. 90; the best sportsman in Sweden,
ii. 213; extraordinary feat of, ibid.

Grouse, not met with by the Author, except a species called
Ripa, i. 83

Guns, protected from the snow, ii. 36

Gustavus IV. Adolphus, King, seizure of, ii. 213

Gustavus, Prince, the Author mistaken for him, i. 121; liable
to be put to death in Sweden by any one who meets him,
ibid.

H.

Hares (hare,) resembling those of Ireland and Scotland, pretty
frequent in Sweden, i. 84; traps used to take them in the
Northern forests, 317; description of shooting, ii. 76; cus-
tom of cutting off the head when killed, ibid.; hares in
Sweden perfectly white, 77; numerous births, 78; pursuit
amusing after a fall of snow, 315; curious circumstance re-
lating to, ibid.

Hare-chase, directions for, ii. 78; continued nearly three days,
ibid.; should not be pursued at all seasons, ibid.
Hare-lip, notion respecting, ii. 76

Harrison, Mr. Joseph, Hanoverian Consul and British Vice-
Consul at Gothenburg, i. 416

Hazel-hen, of the Grouse species, i. 306; its habits, &c. 307
Hemmans, or Homesteads, the lands of Sweden divided into,
held on various tenures, i. 59

Hemp and Flax, their growth encouraged by the Swedish
Government, i. 9

Hermelin's Maps of Sweden, i. 36

Hjerpe pipa, a pipe used by sportsmen to discover the Hazel-
hen, i. 308

Holje-River has a fine waterfall, ii. 270

Horses, description of those chiefly used in travelling, i. 29;
their harness, &c., 30; afraid of the bears, even when dead,

245; one destroyed by wolves, 177

Houses, extremely warm, ii. 240 ; - of the Swedish Gentry
described, i. 72; built at small expense, 73; - of the
Peasantry described, 48, 49,50

Hunting, in the English style not practised in Sweden, i. 16.

Ice, dangerous, ii. 226

I.

Inns, in Sweden, resemble those of Scotland or Ireland, i. 32;
what provisions they afford, 33; beds, ibid.; charges very
moderate, 34; a table of charges as fixed by authority, 35;
imposition not frequent, 36

Introductory Remarks, i. 1

Ireland, climate unfavourable to timber, ii. 304

Iron, inexhaustible in Sweden, i. 12.

Jarlsberg, Count Wedel, ii. 309

J.

General Baron Wedel, letter from to the Author on

the subject of the chase in Norway, ii. 310

Jemptland, no crime committed in this province during one
year, i. 61

Jews, tolerated in Sweden, but subject to disabilities: excluded
in Norway, i. 5; ii. 299

Jonsson, Per, superstitious peasant, ii. 24

Journey from Stjern into Dalecarlia, i. 110; upwards of twenty
miles of forest without inhabitants, 111.

King of Sweden, ii. 206

K.

-, his Ordinance against drunkenness, i. 69
Kinne Kulle, a celebrated mountain near the Lake Wenern,
i. 424; prospect from it, ibid.

Klar River, i. 39. 240, 241; fishing not good in it, ibid.; salmon
fisheries at Deje, 326; and Forshaga, 328; bold and pic-
turesque scenery, ii. 8; accidents on, 20

Klar Valley, description of, ii. 19

Knighthood, orders of, ii. 207; Military, 210

Knon Lake, ii. 77.

L.

Lakes, very numerous in Sweden, i. 13; Wenern, 38, 39;

Rada 40,240

Landed property in Sweden, i. 59

Langref, a fishing line many miles in length, i. 234

Lapland, method of managing boats on the rapids of rivers,
i. 244

Lapp-torf or Cottage, residence of the Author on the Klar, in
Dalecarlia, ii. 7

Largard, the cattle shed, ii. 82

Larsson, Soned, a wealthy peasant, four generations of his
family living, ii. 23

Lawsuits, tedious in Sweden, i. 265

Lemming, not usually met with in Wermeland, but sometimes
migrates from the distant mountains, i. 84

Liddell, Mr. Henry Thomas, British Consul at Gothenburg,
i. 416

Lidköping, a small town, i. 423

Linen, evil of wearing it in cold climates, ii. 385

Lion, one presented to Frederick, King of Sweden, i. 174
Lobsters, abundant on the western coast of Sweden, i. 366
Lure, the Swedish shepherd's pipe, i. 255

Lynx, not uncommon in Sweden, ii. 150; confined to the re-
cesses of the Forest, 152; young fed with living animals,
ibid.; will slaughter a whole flock, ibid.; dares not attack
man, 153.

M.

Malarn Lake, size, scenery, ii. 193

Malung, Journey to, i. 110; parish of, 120; its people join a
skall, 128; plan of the grand skall at, 125; country around
very desolate, ii. 259

Manufactories, pernicious effects of, ii. 128

Maps, the best route-maps recommended, i. 36
Mariestad, town of, i. 425

Marriage, frequently celebrated among the peasantry at Christ-
mas, ii. 66; description of the ceremony, 67; dress of the
Bride, ibid.; Laws relating to, 68; open house kept after, 69;
presents made to the bride, ibid.

Mattsson, Henrick, called Elg, ii. 90; anecdote of him and his
brothers, 92. 97, 98. 117

Mattsson, Oloff, a great sportsman, ii. 323

Mattsson, Mathias, account of, ii. 239

Mead, a common beverage in the South of Sweden, i. 51