. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 158 SCANDINAVIA. the exact relation between the progress of instruction and public morality. Much of the undeniable demoralisation may, however, be fairly charged to bad harvests and industrial causes, want and crime here, as elsewhere, follow ing each other as cause and effect. Intemperance is the national vice, and even in the sagas we read how mead overflowed at the gatherings of the vikings. Towards the middle of the present century drink had become a scourge, threatening definitely to debase a great part Fig 80.— : View from t
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 158 SCANDINAVIA. the exact relation between the progress of instruction and public morality. Much of the undeniable demoralisation may, however, be fairly charged to bad harvests and industrial causes, want and crime here, as elsewhere, follow ing each other as cause and effect. Intemperance is the national vice, and even in the sagas we read how mead overflowed at the gatherings of the vikings. Towards the middle of the present century drink had become a scourge, threatening definitely to debase a great part Fig 80.— : View from the Botanic of the population. In 1855 over 40,000 distilleries were at work in Sweden alone, yielding vast quantities of hrdnvin (brandy) ; yet at this period the trade had already been centralised. In 1830, when every farmer was also a distiller, there were no less than 170,000 distilleries in the kingdom. Under fiscal restrictions the production has considerably diminished during the last twenty years. In the towns also societies have been formed, with the exclusive right of retailing spirits on the condition of handing over all the profits to the municipalities, the General. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Reclus, Elisée, 1830-1905; Ravenstein, Ernest George, 1834-1913; Keane, A. H. (Augustus Henry), 1833-1912. New York, D. Appleton and company
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