hed for its size and beauty.
It is surrounded by a wall of stone two feet high, surmounted by an iron
palisading of equal height, broken by stone pillars. On several sides,
steps are made into the burying-ground over this partition. In this
cemetery, as in the one of Stockholm, one seems to be in a lovely garden,
laid out with alleys, arbours, lawns, &c.; but it is more beautiful than
the other, because it is older. The graves are half concealed by
arbours; many were ornamented with flowers and wreaths, or hedged by
rose-bushes. The whole aspect of this cemetery, or rather of this
garden, seems equally adapted for the amusement of the living or the
repose of the dead.

The monuments are in no way distinguished; only two are rather
remarkable, for they consist of tremendous pieces of rock in their
natural condition, standing upright on the graves. One of these
monuments resembles a mountain; it covers the ashes of a general, and is
large enough to have covered his whole army; his relatives probably took
the graves of Troy as a specimen for their monument. It is moreover
inscribed by very peculiar signs, which seemed to me to be runic
characters. The good people have united in this monument two
characteristics of the ancients of two entirely distinct empires.

The university or library building in Upsala is large and beautiful; it
is situated on a little hill, with a fine front facing the town. The
park, which is, however, still somewhat young, forms the background. {54}

Near this building, on the same hill, stands a royal palace, conspicuous
for its brick-red colour. It is very large, and the two wings are
finished by massive round towers.

In the centre of the courtyard, behind the castle, is placed a colossal
bust of Gustavus I., and a few paces from it two artificial hills serve
as bastions, on which cannons are planted. This being the highest point
of the town, affords the best view over it, and over the surrounding
country.

The town itself is built half of wood and half of stone, and is very
pretty, being crossed by broad streets, and ornamented with tastefully
laid-out gardens. It has one disadvantage, which is the dark
brownish-red colour of the houses, which has a peculiarly sombre
appearance in the setting sun.

An immense and fertile plain, diversified by dark forests contrasting
with the bright green meadows and the yellow stubble-fields, surrounds
the town, and in the distance the silvery