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.
1.
Ice, dangerous, ii. 226
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.
J.
Jarlsberg, Count Wedel, ii. 309
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
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.
K.
King of Sweden, ii. 206
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 ;
Răda 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, ij. 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
M.
Malarn Lake, size, scenery, ii. 193
Malung, Journey to, i. 110; parish of, 120; its people join a
Polska, the Swedish national dance, ii. 69; resembles the waltz,
ibid.
Population of Sweden in 1825, i. 4
Poor, manner of making Christmas collections for, ii. 64
Post-carriage of letters not expensive, i. 77
Postage in Sweden, i. 77
Posting in Sweden, cheap, i. 22; under the control of Govern-
ment, 23 ; horses furnished by the proprietors of land, 23, 24;
a förebud, or draught of route necessary to secure a regular
supply of horses, 25; post-carriages very bad, 27 ; convenient
carriages cheaply purchased, 28; travelling not rapid, ibid.
Potatoes carefully cultivated, i. 322
Poultry, little reared in the northern provinces of Sweden, i. 51
Pulpit, singular notification from, i. 130; such notice deemed a
legal service, 131.
Q.
Quails, said to be common in Scandinavia, i. 415 ; method of
shooting them, 416
Qvin, Lake, ii. 156.
Rabbits, none tame in Scandinavia, i. 84
Racklehanen, described, i. 285
Rada, i. 41; church at, ij. 64
Rada Lake, i. 40, 240; accidents upon, ii. 65
Rapids in the Klar, i. 243; boats guided in them, 244;
different practice in Lapland, ibid.
Rat, the black, ii. 320; the brown, 321; shocking stories of, 322
Red-deer (Hjort) found in parts of Sweden, not in Wermeland,
i. 83
Reed-beds, in the river near Gothenburg harbour, numbers of
wild-duck, widgeons, teal, &c. i. 409
Religion of Sweden, i. 5; ii. 56
Ringing the bear, (holma,) forming a circle in the snow, round
his track, to trace him to his den, i. 162
Ripa, species of grouse, abundant in the north of Scandinavia,
i. 83; two kinds of the Ripa, 249; plumage and habits of
the fjäll-ripa, 250 ; those of the dal-ripa, 252 ; snares for
those birds, 256 ; killed at the period of incubation, 257;
chiefly met with in the vicinity of lakes and rivers, ibid. ; sixty
thousand killed in one winter in Lapland, 258
Gorzonen. Is i Sveten, muid and liberal, i S
Franzess. Smised 10 pooride against the effects of s
Measures, table of Swedish, i. 17
Medical advice, deficiency of, in Scandinavia, i. 252
Mile, length of the Swedish, i. 17
Mines in Bergslagen, ii. 190
Mosquitoes, i. 143. 248
Moss, a picturesque lake, ii. 33
Moss-sjon, lake of, ii. 116
Motala River, the communication between Lake Wetter and
the Baltic, i. 426
Mother, horrible anecdote of a, ii. 186
Murder, description of a, and its punishment, i. 261.
Music, the gentry of Sweden passionately fond of, i. 76.
N.
Nas, hamlet of, ii. 115
Navy of Sweden, ii. 213
Nets, sometiines used in bear-skalls, i. 229; those used in fish-
ing described, 235
Nilsson, Mr. Professor, alluded to, i. 91
Nobility, nnmber of, in Sweden, disproportionate to the popu-
lation, i. 4
Nordenalder, Captain, anecdote of, ii. 178
Norrie, Mr. i. 414
Northern forests described, i. 111
-, conflagrations in, i. 113
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