The flate apartments contain paintings of the battles of
Charles the Eleventh, the coronation of that monarch, and the
portraits of the principal generals who ferved under Charles , the
Twelfth, by Ehrenfwald.
The garden * is chiefly laid out in ftrait walks, excepting a
fmall part, which is called the Engliih garden, and was forming
in a fanciful imitation of our ftyle.
In the midft of the garden is a fpot called Canton, which has
been too pompoufly defcribed by many travellers. It receives
that denomination from feveral buildings in the Chinefe
tafte, difpofed in a femicircular form, and ereited by the late
king: they contain feveral large Chinefe figures, and vafes of
very valuable porcelain. In thefe apartments his majefty invites
feleCt parties to dinner and fupper, when he lays afide his etiquette.
On the 8 th we palled the whole day at Drotningholm, according
to the tedious forms or uwedilh etiquette, to which his majefty is
Jo much attached. We fet off full-dreffed from Stockholm at
* T h e k in g has ihewed.a finer tafte in Haga, .-though .a -wooden building, is
¡the gardens o f H aga, a villa be lsn g in g to one o f the k in g ’ s moft favoured villas,
his majefty, which have been laid out endeared to him as -being the place
under his own direction in a ftyle more where, he confnlted with his particular
refembling E n g liih pleafure - grounds, friends on .the beft means for effecting
than any which fell under my obferva- the revolution o f 17 7 2 , and from which
tion abroad. T h e walks are carried by he took the title o f C ou n t de Haga,
the fide o f a Take, and through the woods, which he aflinned .during h is travels,
b y a gradual and g en tly -b en d in g 'outlin
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eleven ; and, as the weather was ihowery, the embarkation in the
foreign minifter’s barge was rather difagreeable.
We found the drawing-room crouded with company to congratulate
the king on his late arrival from his travels. It was
gala day, and we faw the court in all its fplendor. The gala
drefs of the court for both men and women is blue ffilk and fatin,
with white lining and ornaments. The company appeared to
a ftranger as if they were habited for a mafqUerade.
After church the king made bis appearance. His majefty
wore a fancy drefs of purpliih filk, much embroidered with
gold; for the king, while he has limited his fubjeCts to particular
colours, affumes the liberty of varying his own drefs with.all
the tints of the rainbow.
On my being prefented, his majefty did me the honour to
converfe with me in the moft gracious manner j recollected
having feen me before in Sweden} talked to me of the docks
of Carlfcrona, and aiked me if I had feen the dock of Toulon
j adding, “ It is not for me to boaft, but in my eftimation
“ the works of Toulon are trifling in comp'arifon with thole.
“ of Carlfcrona. We do not boaft, of pictures and ftatues, but
*? we can iliew the works at Trothaeetta, Carlfcrona, and Svea-
“ borg.”
Soon after he repaired to a large faloon, dined in public,
with the queen and royal family, and converfed with the foreign
minifters, who furrounded his chair. At two he rofe
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