day and the next in Gottenburg, and continued his
journey on the Tuesday. On the two evenings of his stay the windows in
the town were ornamented with wreaths of fresh flowers, interspersed with
lighted tapers. Some houses displayed transparencies, which, however,
did not place the inventive powers of the amiable Gottenburgers in a very
favourable light. They were all alike, consisting of a tremendous O
(Oscar), surmounted by a royal crown.

I was detained four days in Gottenburg; and small consideration seems to
be paid to the speedy transport of travellers in Sweden. The steamer for
Stockholm started on the day I arrived from Christiania, but
unfortunately at five o'clock in the morning; and as in the month of
September only two steamers go in the week to Stockholm, I was compelled
to wait till Thursday. The time hung heavily on my hands; for I had seen
the town itself, and the splendid views on the hills between the suburbs,
during my former visit to the town, and the other portions only consisted
of bare rocks and cliffs, which were of no interest.

September 4th.

The press of travellers was so great this time, that two days before the
departure the cabins were all engaged; several ladies and gentlemen who
would not wait for the next steamer were compelled to be satisfied with
the deck, and I was among them; for the probability of such a crowd of
passengers had not occurred to me, and I applied for a place only two
days before our departure. During the journey fresh passengers were
taken in at every station, and the reader may conceive the misery of the
poor citizens unused to such hardships. Every one sought a shelter for
the night, and the little cabins of the engineer and steersman were given
up to some, while others crept into the passages, or squatted down on the
steps of the stairs leading to the cabins. A place was offered to me in
the engineer's cabin; but as three or four other persons were to share
the apartment calculated only for one person, I preferred to bivouac
night and day upon deck. One of the gentlemen was kind enough to lend me
a thick cloak, in which I could wrap myself; and so I slept much more
comfortably under the high canopy of heaven than my companions did in
their sweating-room.

The arrangements in the vessels navigating the Gotha canal are by no
means the best. The first class is very comfortable, and the cabin-plac