Identifier: summerinnorthern00hami (find matches)
Title: A summer in northern lands; the journal of a trip to Scandinavia
Year: 1922 (1920s)
Authors: Hamilton, Charles William
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Publisher: Boston D. D. Nickerson
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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charm of the scene on theklint behind the town are several picturesqueold windmills and to the north, the greatstone gallows, standing like giant sentinels.Gradually the town grew smaller and smalleruntil it sank into the sea and in a couple ofhours after leaving, the island of Gotlandwas a faint blue line on the eastern horizon.Then, when it had hardly faded, we sightedthe northern point of the Island of Oland, orperhaps it would be more accurate to saythe trees and lighthouse on the northern endof that island, for the land lies so low thatit hardly shows above the water, even whenquite near. Rounding the point we keptdown along the west shore of Oland, pass-ing between it and the bold, rocky islet ofJungfra, which rises like a mountain fromthe deep, but is so small that it is markedby only a dot and a name on a good-sizedmap. Just before passing this island theboys became greatly excited over what theythought were some ship-wrecked men swim-ming for safety; however, as we drew near,
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^ A SUMMER IN NORTHERN LANDS 129 their anxiety was relieved to find that whatthey had taken for men were only sealssporting about for their own amusement.Soon we came opposite Borgholm, nearwhich, on a low hill, are the ruins of the fineold castle of the same name. It was begunin 1572 by King John III., on the site ofan old fortress, and in 1651-1654, was oc-cupied by Charles Gustavus of Pfalz-Zwei-brucken, when heir-apparent to the throneof Sweden, for whom it was enlarged byNic. Tessen, but it was finally destroyed byfire in 1806. A little to the east of the ru-ins is a royal domain and near by, on theseashore, is a villa that belongs to the QueenDowager of Sweden. The shores of theisland and the mainland were now rapidlyapproaching each other and soon Kalmarcame in sight. The view of the city fromthe sea is quite fine, although somewhatmarred by large factory buildings on thewater front. Our steamer landed at a stonequay and, taking a carriage, we went to theStads-Hotel. Monday, Se

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