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Sweden.

unclear landed on ye. N. by Norwegian Lapland; on ye. E. by Russia; on ye. S. by ye. unclear ; & on ye. W. by Denmark & Norway. It extends from ye. 56 Deg. of N. lat. to ye. 69. & from ye. 10. to ye. 30. Deg. of Lon. reckoning from ye. Meridian of London; Finland is included which is now almost restor'd to ye. Swedes by ye. Russians.

Ye. Greater Mountains are ye. Dofrine Hills which seperate Sweden & Norway, & are almost constantly cover'd with Snow.

ye. Principal Lakes, are, ye. Wener & ye. Weter each near 100. miles in length; & ye. Meller, on which Stockholm is built. ye. Seas are addition underline ye. Shagerack, which seperates unclear and Prusland; /underline /addition ye. Sound which divides unclear & Shonen from Denmark. ye. Baltick between Sweden & deletion Germany between /deletion addition ye. Gulf of /addition ^ addition underline Finland between /underline /addition Sweden & Livonia & ye. Gulf of Bothnia which divides Sweden from Finland.

As to ye. Rivers they are not navigable because of ye. many Cataracks which obstruct their passage. Sweden is divided into Gothland, Sweden proper, Finland, & Swedish Lapland. Gothland is subdivided into E. Gothland, W. Gothland Wermeland, Dalia Smaland, & Shonen

Sweden Proper, into Lapland, where Stockholm is Sudermavia, Nenia, Westmania & Dalecarlia, ye. inhabitants of ye. latter are ye. fondest of Liberty, of any People under ye. Sun Finland, into E. Bothnia, Cajamia, Finland proper, Nyland, Tavasha, Savolaxia, & Carelia.

& Swedish Lapland into Gestricia, Helsingia, Medelpedia, Jemtia, Hamerdall, Angermia, W. Bothnia. Sweden Abounds in Lakes, Marshes, Forests, Mountains, & Uninhabited Land, yet ye. Soil is fertile, abounds in Copper Iron & ^ addition in /addition most of ye. commodities which are in Norway, with which they greatly trade. Lapland is so barren yt. ye. Common people grinde ye. white barks of ye. Firr tree, & make a sort of bread of it.