A summer in northern lands; the journal of a trip to Scandinavia . and the siteof Gamla Upsala in the distance, marked bya little white church. On our way back tothe station we met a company of Swedishsoldiers that were out for a practice were quite a husky looking lot of men,but not at all modern. Thursday, August not feel well this morning, so I tooka rest. Spent the afternoon in making ar-rangements for continuing our trip. Gottickets to Wisby, Kalmar, and as far asCopenhagen. Then went to a forwardingcompany and made arrangements to haveour trunks sent to the last place,
A summer in northern lands; the journal of a trip to Scandinavia . and the siteof Gamla Upsala in the distance, marked bya little white church. On our way back tothe station we met a company of Swedishsoldiers that were out for a practice were quite a husky looking lot of men,but not at all modern. Thursday, August not feel well this morning, so I tooka rest. Spent the afternoon in making ar-rangements for continuing our trip. Gottickets to Wisby, Kalmar, and as far asCopenhagen. Then went to a forwardingcompany and made arrangements to haveour trunks sent to the last place, as I didnot want the trouble of many is very entertaining to watch the busyharbor front of this city with the many boats,coming and going. Townsmen leaving fora holiday in the country and country folkscoming to the city on business. Stockholm isquite different from what I had expected. Itis a very handsome city with most of thehouses built in the French style. Then thethe people look like Frenchmen. In factmost of them are dark, and not blonds like. A SUMMER IN NORTHERN LANDS 121 the Swedes that come to America, who aremostly peasants from the rural parts. Friday, August 29. This morning we visited the Royal Pal-ace and saw some of the apartments, butthere was nothing remarkable in them orabout them; in fact, all we saw was quitecommonplace. From the palace we went toRiddarholms Church, called the Westmin-ster Abbey of Sweden. It was formerly theGrayfriars or Franciscan abbey church, andwas founded, it is said, in about 1280 byKing Magnus Birgersson, who was called,Ladulas or Barnlock, on account of thegeneral security that prevailed during hisreign. We know for certain that in his willthis monarch ordered that his body shouldbe buried in the abbey church of the Minor-ites or Grayfriars, and, furthermore, that heleft a sum of money for the purpose. Inaccordance with his will, Magnus was buriedin the choir of the church; but it is saidthere is no body beneath the ca
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