, 1881-10-18
SWEDEN.
Through the Gotta Canal-Under the
stars-and-stripes.
Wonderful Midnight Views s-t'rhc Ven.
leo Uf tho Nuri1l."
The swedes-How They Look and Aot.-
Virtues and Woes.
Odd Customs nt a Toa-Party-The
Practice Of Foeiug.

| sWEnES. August, lsH1.-As 1t tnkes tho rltNul-
or tdnGer tnu ustlal tIs morning to hAccnd tta
locks+ viii occMpy thu tln,e tnt, II arrives Dc.
furt tho Inn tn xIrc something Of tho htHtry IF
this Interesting swedish cn,ai WI ,tro to faIlow.
Tho Scandinavian t'pnlIls,tln brlUtKs 10 Il cou,-
| parAttytly recent geological perluEl; and II IL
rr,,bnblH that Mt An curly t!uto tho southern t.'r
IF Sweden WIS nn Island, tito North Zen toin4
connected with tho utlf OF Finland. mud IN turn
with tho White sen. This nssu,lntlon Is rc,l-
sEeratl likely by tho fact TINT Il kind Of crNyail
found In tho White Fun md 1T Lake Vencrh 4
largo inland hike nt Sweden, docs not exist IN
tho baltic nnti North ScnA. Tho rctnatns Of this
watcr.connectlon nrp still scctl III tho numerous
h.rEe nkrs and rtvtrs that abound In tho In.
tcrlor of Swctn, tttl OF themselves form
| AN AIAltlSr CONTINUOUS WATER HIGHWAY
between tho cast anl wust cousts.
rho existence of this utmost complete channel
/ Of communication, which. II complete. would
0bvlalo tho ncecssity Ut a long, tc,lpua sn!l
| nrotnd tho southern extremity ut tho repln.
! snln, led Swedish engineers, IA carly m tho be-
| ginning Uf tho Sixteenth Century, TO question
Wholhor siIcl, direct communication woro rus-
| albe. Hut tho chief obstacle to its achievement
| lay I'll tho Fnlls Of frdhlln, situated tn tho
| fourso Of tho GdtA ttlyrr. An Rttetnpt
tn Rnt AROUND this difficulty wns not
made, accordingly, until the beginning
| OF tho Inst century, Three loukH wore 1T
ilrst constructed. when for some reason tho
| work was discontinued. aud theso now form n
| not nnp'etlirns'iue fun. son,r limo su,ac-
| Iucnt eight now lnoks wero completed, which
nre still In ,,ao by salt crnft but, ns ts,oIr c.
pactty was fo,snd inadequate for tho trltnsntt-
tAl of lhrgc ships, eleven other Hlent locks wero
built ny Ericsson nbGht l@U. Tttesu cleren, alt
uHtcu ut tho vll[MKG or TrolhfltA, tOgrth9r with
1.-Two otbcrs thrco beluw and two above tho
fnlsa, gnnbu BhlpB 10 nsccnd to md descend
frpM Luke vonern, lying III foct higher tllnn
ftttrE Ennft II t,r
Yus to ctuncot this lako with 1.nkc rcttcrn, ihO
fcnt still hIchor, md thnnre to descend no fcct
to the Hattie. ~ length. Iii 1HE Won rIntten
hnd accomplished hs 9innt task nf twenty-five
years ut Il Gust Of 5,0lu,GN cruwnH.
Tho entire length Of this wntcr-,,Intlwny Is .GO
English miles. unl tho nrtiiicn portion ID uuly
III niles. Short III thls seems, IL wns nevortbo-
uss, a task to 10 compared with tho tnbnrs Of
Hercules, md, for tho engineers wlo achieved It,
Il monument moro natIag thau brnss Tho wnolo
canne Is known un,or tho Rcnorll na,ne Of
"yttt: ujjvA cASAr,:"
| ,,4 A., r,,t,., .., ,
oat tuo 'ndlVioua' seet@ohs taso designations
OF thoir own. Tho locks numhcr sevcnty-f0ur
width of rho cnnn IN rortv.aIr ront a. I'm tsott.,,
nnd c,vhtv.aIr 1T s,,n s,,rrara sra II. M 'o,,t, H.
tcn fcst IN ,nonv ,nrcs II hna ,ann an mt
tho solid rock :nd wtlere In others, tho cur,hon
| yIlca might liz t1u,nnurtt hv tho swaa,, M NJ.
''o'i"cns t"tssne fe'sstf' tnls H!S 1hecH RhaFhea
uEnnst by handsome fnscEilg ur cut stono OK
ss's waarr s0's'''' 'e't 0e'0~ 'oe SuEl"eo ot 'h0
I,ut n +,s mr., ,,-,,r,, ~ =, a,,x,..,.
n"1 IL uns noM Rso~h u % o. ociooa' ~ warm
,,a San .o"pu.s .ue o'eet " tNe chlty "l' tue
,seasn ~, ~" Morat no eu ot'as c'i'p n''u on.
evidences or rcstlcsuesa, and tho i,n,nt!ont
r,cry ~ hourd on ali sides, why doesn't tho
,'e ooat sosaof sue n,ay ho noro ut nny momont;
naor 1; ooIota wo t sae sot forever. let Us 'nks