. The encyclopædia of geography: comprising a complete description of the earth, physical, statistical, civil, and political. Book I. SWEDEN AND NORWAY. 489. Upsala. pjr mine, which produces little; and one of iron, which is not considered worth the expenseof working. Upland, coinciding nearly with the modern Upsala, is an interesting province, extendingfrom a part of the lake to the river Dal. It is flat, but diversified with numerous little roundknolls, wiiich, with the small lakes and the numerous fine forests, render it picturesque. Itcontains Upsala, the seat of the great northern univers
. The encyclopædia of geography: comprising a complete description of the earth, physical, statistical, civil, and political. Book I. SWEDEN AND NORWAY. 489. Upsala. pjr mine, which produces little; and one of iron, which is not considered worth the expenseof working. Upland, coinciding nearly with the modern Upsala, is an interesting province, extendingfrom a part of the lake to the river Dal. It is flat, but diversified with numerous little roundknolls, wiiich, with the small lakes and the numerous fine forests, render it picturesque. Itcontains Upsala, the seat of the great northern university, and Danemora, the most valuableof the iron mines. Upsala, or Upsal {fig. 245.), is the place in Sweden most venerable for its antiquity. It was long the residence of the kings,245 and has always been the chief seat of religion and learning. Even inpagan times it was the residence ofthe highpriest of Odin; and in 1026,Everinus, a bishop from England,was placed there, for the purpose ofconverting the natives to Christiani-ty. The cathedral is the largest andfinest ecclesiastical monument inSweden, a country not eminent forsucli structures. Tiie ext
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