{45} "Though their poverty disables them from imitating the
hospitality of their ancestors in all respects, yet the desire of
doing it still exists: they cheerfully give away the little they
have to spare, and express the utmost joy and satisfaction if you
are pleased with the gift." Uno von Troil, 1772. - ED.
{46} The presence of American ships in the port of Gottenburg is
not to be wondered at, seeing that nearly three-fourths of all the
iron exported from Gottenburg is to America. - ED.
{47} "St. Stephen's steeple" is 450 feet high, being about 40 feet
higher than St. Paul's, and forms part of St. Stephen's Cathedral in
Vienna, a magnificent Gothic building, that dates as far back as the
twelfth century. It has a great bell, that weighs about eighteen
tons, being more than double the weight of the bell in St. Peter's
at Rome, and four times the weight of the "Great Tom of Lincoln."
The metal used consisted of cannons taken from the Turks during
their memorable sieges of Vienna. The cathedral is 350 feet long
and 200 wide, being less than St. Paul's in London, which is 510
feet long and 282 wide. - ED.
{48} The Storthing is the name given to the Norwegian parliament,
which assembles once every three years at Christiania.
