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The universal geography : earth and its inhabitants

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138 SCANDINAVIA.<strong>and</strong> shipping are also flourishing ; <strong>and</strong>, as the harhour is generally hlocked forfour or five months in the year, it is now proposed to establish an outer port atNyniis, on the Baltic coast, <strong>and</strong> connect it by rail with the capital. Other worksFig. 69.— Cpsala.Scale 1 : 100,000.i^EofP.'^rj^iLAi^L^l ';, i ^,^ .-Ay-A'.'r' )twere begun in 1879, which are intended to convert the Lilla Wartaa inlet intoa vast depot for timber, iron, coal, <strong>and</strong> other cumbrous goods.In the neighbourhood are many pleasant spots already occupied by numerouschateaux <strong>and</strong> villas—amongst them those of the sculptor Bystrom in the Pjurg&rden,the Rosendal Pavilion, <strong>and</strong> the Belvedere, all comm<strong>and</strong>ing a fine view ofthe surroundings. Farther north are the chateaux of Haga <strong>and</strong> Ulriksdal, <strong>and</strong> on

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