dressed. Their uniforms, as has been already mentioned, are the same
as those used in the French army.
On Tuesday, the 6th of October, I went in a one-horse cart, with a
chair set in it, somewhat in the manner of our taxed carts, to see the
hill Taberg, distant about ten English miles south and east from Ion-'
hoping. Taberg, which is a mountain of iron ore, has been long
famous, and has been often described. I was exceedingly anxious to
take a survey o f it, in Order to make out its position, with respect to
other rocks, and to see whether the descriptions of it already published
were to be depended on. Fortunately the day was good, and the
neighbouring rocks are so fully exposed, that there is no difficulty in
determining their nature.
The road rises all the way from Ionkoping to Taberg, in some places
pretty abruptly. The rocks all the Way, where I could observe them,
which was but seldom, were of gneiss. But the road was very sandy,
as was all thé neighbouring country. Is this sand to be ascribed to the
decomposition o f the gneiss ? It is exactly similar to the sand o f the’
lake Yetter, is very fine, and I could not by the naked eye detect any
shells in it. As the country is covered with wood, Taberg does not
make its appearance till you approach pretty near it ; but it is seep from
the east, at a considerable distance, as I had an opportunity of observing
afterwards. The hill rises about 420 feet above the neighbouring
country; but on account o f the continual ascent from Ionkoping, we;
may probably make an allowance o f 200 feet, as the elevation of the
base o f the hill above the surface o f the lake. I f this estimate be correct,
the height o f Taberg above the sea will be 920 feet, which is just
the height o f Kinnekulle. The only part of this estimate which is hypothetical
is the supposed height o f the base o f Taberg above the Vetter,
which I did not think of ascertaining at the time. There can be no
doubt that the south shore of the lake Vetter is the highest, for its issue
is situated near its north end ; namely, the river Motala.
The rocks round Taberg are all primitive, consisting mostly o f gneiss
and granite. On its south side there is a low hill quite contiguous, com»-