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Engenholm. . . . • 14
Margretetorp . . • 14
Karup ............. • 14
K a r b y ............. • 14
Halmstad......... • 14
Quiville............. • 14
Sloinge.............
Falconberg . . . . . 14
M o ru p ............. • 14
W a rb e rg ......... • 14
Backa ............... • 14
Osa ..................
Konsbacka . . . . . 14
Karra................ 2
Gottenburg . . . 3 • "¥
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This journey took me two days and a half; so that I did not reach
Gottenburg till about ten o’clock on Tuesday evening. The first night
I stopped at Karup ; for the nights were so very dark, and the road so
bad, that I thought it hazardous, considering the frail state o f my
carriage, to venture to travel much after sun-set. Most part o f the
road from Helsingborg to Karup was an uncultivated muir, without
trees; though here and there we passed through woods of birch, oak,
alder, and willow, but containing no pines. This heath continued,
with little intermission, all the way to Gottenburg. It is only necessary
to observe, that between Helsenborg and Gottenburg there
are seven small towns, and round each o f these there is always a track
of cultivated country. The whole country consisted o f low ridges o f
gneiss rocks, which here and there put on the appearance of granite,
and were remarkable for their beauty. But the greatest part o f this
track belonging to the province o f West Gothland, its geognostic