. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 134 SCANDINAVIA. between the three Sijandinaviaii states, a treaty unhappily followed by sanguinary wars. Bej'ond it are several ports, such as Mônsterâs, Oskarshamn, Figeholm, Westervik, and Gamleby. Farther north an inlet leads to J^orrkoping, the "Northern Mart," already mentioned towards the end of the twelfth century as the rival of Sô/crkôping, or " Southern Mart," situated at the extremity of another fiord farther south. ]S'orrkoping covers an area of several square miles on both banks of the Motala, a rapid stream which
. The earth and its inhabitants ... Geography. 134 SCANDINAVIA. between the three Sijandinaviaii states, a treaty unhappily followed by sanguinary wars. Bej'ond it are several ports, such as Mônsterâs, Oskarshamn, Figeholm, Westervik, and Gamleby. Farther north an inlet leads to J^orrkoping, the "Northern Mart," already mentioned towards the end of the twelfth century as the rival of Sô/crkôping, or " Southern Mart," situated at the extremity of another fiord farther south. ]S'orrkoping covers an area of several square miles on both banks of the Motala, a rapid stream which carries off the overflow of Lake Wetter and several other smaller lacustrine basins. In the very heart of the town it forms a number of cascades and rapids, supplying the motive power to the mills of Fig. 67.—Falsterbo and Stanou. Scile 1 : 142, Depth under 2| fathoms. 2 Miles Norrkoping, which is often designated by the Swedes as the " Scandinavian ; Its thirty-three cloth factories already furnished, in 1876, two- thirds of all the woollen stuffs manufactured in the kingdom. There are also several cotton spinning and weaving and flour mills, besides sugar refineries, altogether employing over 6,000 hands, and yielding goods to the annual amount of about £1,400,000. Here are also built the Government gunboats and ironclads. The imports consist chiefly of raw materials and coal ; the exports of oats, timber, iron, lucifer matches, and marble from the neighbouring quarries. To the south are the now abandoned copper mines of Atvidaberg, formerly rivalling in impor-. 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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