merican than any we had seen
in Sweden. In the centre of the table was a high glass dish filled
with a musk-melon & surrounded with flowers. The remainder of the
dessert was not placed upon the table, but came on after meat, &c.,
as in our country. After soup, fish & meat, we had a _nice_ baked
apple pudding; & after this, the cloth was removed from the nicely
polished round table, & the dessert of cake, apples, pears,
preserves, nuts & raisins was placed upon it. Captain Condry from
Newburyport dined there, a very pleasant and gentlemanly man. Mrs.
Wijk urged us to remain to tea, but we left them soon after dinner.

Monday. 7. In the aft' walked around Gothenburg, a pleasant town, &
much preferable as an abiding place to Stockholm, in my opinion. On
returning home found Mr. and Mrs. Wijk. She looked sweetly & was
dressed elegantly. They called to invite us to pass the morrow with
them, at their country seat.--Tuesday. 8. At eleven in the morning,
took a carriage to Mr. Wijk's. A long & tedious ride, one & a
quarter Swedish mile from town. We arrived there at one, found Mr.
W[ijk] & his lady waiting to receive us. We took a walk round the
grounds before dinner. The house built in a very pretty style & the
grounds something like an English Park. An English gentleman, a
brother-in-law of Mr. Wijk's dined with us. He has a country seat
adjoining. After dinner, we walked to this gentleman's grounds. They
are quite delighted with a fine lake near the house. We then visited
the factories, which the owner, a man of great mechanical genius,
has erected upon his grounds. We saw all the different stages the
flax went through before weaving & lastly the weaving itself. We
returned home & took tea with Mrs. Wijk & then bade adieu. Found on
our return home Mr. Appleton had arrived from Stockholm. He goes to
Copenhagen with us.

Wednesday. 9. At two in the aft' we left Gothenburg, in a little
boat for the steamer station, which is three miles from the town.
Mr. Wijk accompanied us to the wharf. When we arrived at the steamer
pier--found the boat had not arrived from Christiana, & there we
waited three hours for it. We left about 6 in the evening. The
steamer crowded. We were obliged to sleep in the gentleman's cabin,
& the cabin was entirely filled with hammocks swung one above
another.--Thu