b o o k : f a£hire their own ropes and fails, from hemp chiefly imported
t— — 'from Riga. They caft their own cannon, and make their
own gunpowder with Swediih faltpetre.
The harbour o f Carlfcrona, in which the Swediih fleet lies
at anchor, is large and commodious, with depth o f water
fufficient for fhips o f the flrft rate to carry their lower tier
o f guns.
Upon paper, the Swediih navy, in 1779, amounted to 30
fhips o f the line, including thofe o f 40. guns, and 15 frigates,
beiide gallies, prames,. and xebecs. But as feveral o f thefe
veflels were very old and ,exceedingly out of repair, we could
not eftimate thofe fit for fervice at that period to have been
more than 20 fhips o f the line, and 10. frigates.
Though I was not able to obtain a complete catalogue of
the whole navy yet the following lift o f all the. fhips then
in commiflion, and fitting out for a cruife in the Baltick ia
1779, the tera of the armed neutrality,, will help to fupply.
the deficiency.
Veflels- fitting out in March, 1 7 7 9 .
Natpesi. .. ; Gu: Names- Guiie.-
Sophia Magdalena, new 74
V aia, new , 60.
G<uftavus Hi. new-. 74-
U p lan d , ilationed a f Gothebcror 40:-
Prince. G uftavus .74
Jaramas 40^
G o tha t y n n 74
Swart Orn. 40
K in g A dolphus Frederick' 7'cr
IIlerin> bound to Morocco 36 ’
Frederick, A dolphus, new. 64
Prince G u fta vu s, new %2t
Sophia Albe-riina. - 64
l ’rolle,.in Finland
Enigheten- 64
Erenfvard, in Finland. 32:
Finland Go
The feamen belonging to government are regiftered, and
amount to r 8, o o o ; of thefe fome receive their pay in money
and others are diftributedin the fame manner as-the national
militia, final! portions o f land in the iflands and upon-the
fea-coaft being afligned: to them for their fubfiftence.. Of
thefe rfljQQQ failors, according to the moft favourable accounts,.
counts, only about 6000 are reputed to be experienced flea- c h a p .
men : the reft are mere, peafants. Upon an emergency, the ■ / .
king enjoy s the po wer o f prefling, failors from, the merchantmen,
but only in exchange for the regiftered. feamen..
At Carlfcrona, I rejoined my companions, whom, I had
quitted, at Stockholm, exchanged m.y open cart for a
mor.e commodious vehicle, and continued my journey from
thence to Helfkrgborg, which clofes my travels in Sweden-
Our route lay through the provinces o f Blekinge and Skone.
For the firft two or three, pofts the country was hilly and .
rocky, and covered with foreft; afterwards it changed to a,
level and fertile plain. Our road lay near the ihore, and we
had many fine fea views,,-with numerous rocks-and fmall
jflands fcattered in all directions. About twelve miles from
the village o f Felkinge, where we took our ftation for the
n ig h t ; we entered Skone, called by foreigners Scania, the
molt level,, the moft fandy„and yet the moft fertile o f all the-
Swedifh. provinces. We pafled. through Chriftianftadf, a,
ftrong fortified town,, built in 1 614 by Chriftian IV. k in g .o f
Denmark, when this province belonged to the Danes and
finally ceded, to the Swedes by the peace o f Roikild, in-.1.658*
The town, is- fmall, but neatly built, and is efieemed the
ftrongeft fortrefs in Sweden. The houfes are all o f brick,
and moftly ftuccocd white; It ftands in a marfhy plain clofe-
to, tire, river Helge-a, which flows into the Baltick at Ahus,,
about the difta-nce of 2,0 miles, and is navigable only for »
finall craft of 7 tons burden. Engliih. veiTels-annually refort:
to this port for alum, pitch, and tar. The inhabitants have
manufactures o f cloth-and fil-ken fluffs and.carry, on a.lmalf
degree o f commerce..
A little beyond Chriftianftadt, as we approached the coafts-
e f the found, the country rofe into fmall inequalities, covered;
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