. The game birds and wild fowl of Sweden and Norway; with an account of the seals and salt-water fishes of those countries .. . ushes, a somewhatunusual sight on this iron-bound and dreary-looking coast,the place has quite a snug and pretty appearance; andsupposing the detenu not to be too strictly confined to thehouse, I can fancy that spending a few days here wouldnot be attended with any very great discomfort. Near to tlie outlet of the river Gotha, moreover, andlikewise on a small rocky islet, stands Winga-Beacon, thelight that has guided many a brave ship into the celebrated BOHUS CASTLE.
. The game birds and wild fowl of Sweden and Norway; with an account of the seals and salt-water fishes of those countries .. . ushes, a somewhatunusual sight on this iron-bound and dreary-looking coast,the place has quite a snug and pretty appearance; andsupposing the detenu not to be too strictly confined to thehouse, I can fancy that spending a few days here wouldnot be attended with any very great discomfort. Near to tlie outlet of the river Gotha, moreover, andlikewise on a small rocky islet, stands Winga-Beacon, thelight that has guided many a brave ship into the celebrated BOHUS CASTLE. 293 Winga Sound, Avliere during the great wars of the earlypart of the present century, our naval and mercantilefleets, numhering together hundreds, or even thousands,have often rode in safety. Not far from thence, again, is Danneholm, whichanciently formed the line of demarcation hetvveen thethree northern kingdoms. Here the kings of Norway,Denmark, and Sweden not unfrequently held conference,and feasted together; and on these occasions, it is said,the tahle was so arranged that each monarch sat withinhis own BOHCS CASTLE. Bohus Castle, or rather its ruins, kindly sketched for meby Sir Thomas Maryon Wilson—Avhich is situated near tothe confluence of the Gotha with the Norra Elf,or northernriver, and at some ten to twelve miles to the north ofGothenburg—is another object of interest. It dates as farback as the year 1310. A murderer, who had contrived 201 BESIEGED BY THE SWEDES. to elude the hangman, so runs the legend, had takenrefuge on Fdstnings-Holm, the island whereon thefortress, is built, then covered with wood. One fineday a venerable old man appeared to the culprit, anddirected him to proceed to Ilukan, the then King ofNorway, and to exhort his Majesty forthwith to build afortress on the spot, with the assurance that if he couldprocure a dog strong enough to bear the corner-stone ofthe structure it should never be taken by the sword. Theoutlaw immediate
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