8. The Maritime Region of Smdland, or the eastern declivity of tho table-land of that name, extends opposite the i'land of Oland, from south to north, but it advances northward within 5 or 6 miles of the Gide Canal. Its length rather exceeds 140 miles ; the width varies from 15 to 25 miles. The southern districts, or about one-third, are slightly undulating, with extensive intervening flats. The !soil is sandy. The greater part is covered with fir and birch woods, but there are few timber-trees. The northern districts present a suc cession of hills, valleys, and small plains. The hills are generally steep, and inclose narrow valleys, the lower parts of which are filled with lakes. The soil is rather better than in the southern district, and a comparatively larger portion of the surface is under the plough. Most of the valleys and hill slopes, though unfit for cultivation, produce abundance of grass. But the forests constitute the wealth of this tract: they contain pine, fir, birch, beech, and oak, and a considerable number are large trees. Timber, tar, and pitch are exported. Rye, potatoes, and barley are grown, and also a little oats and aheat. Domestic animals, with the exception of goats, are abundant. The meadows and pasture-grounds cover about 420 square miles: the area of the part under cultivation does not exceed 90 square miles.
0. The Maritime Region of Blekinge extends over the southerncoast of Sweden from about 14' 80' to 16° E. long., somewhat more than 50 miles in length ; its width may be estimated at 15 miles. The surface ii the most broken portion of the Swedish coast. The rocky maws of the table-land of Smiiland, divided into email ridges by numerous watercourses, which run in deep and narrow valleys, advance within a short distance from the shore, where they terminate in hills from 200 to 300 feet high. Tho rivers are extremely rapid, and form many email and beautiful cataracts. The level grounds are much less extensive in this region than in any other part of Sweden, but they possess a considerable degree of fertility. Wheat is much grown, but the cultivation of rye Is ten times more extensive. Barley and potatoes are also much cultivated. The meadows in the valleys, though not extensive, and the hill sides, yield abundance of grass. The hills in parts are covered with woods of stunted birch and fir— In parts they are utterly barren. The rearing of cattle and hogs constitutes one of the principal objects of domestic economy, and much cheese Is made.
10. The flak of Scenia occupies all the peninsula which consti tutu the most southern portion of Sweden, between the Sound on the west and the Baltic on the south and east. A straight line drawn from the innermost recess of the Skelder Vick, a large and open bay of the Cattegat, on the west, to the peninsula of SUIvetsburg on the east, may be considered es marking its northern boundary. It extends
from south to north about 55 miles; the width varies between 50 and CO miles, being greater towards the north than along the southern coast. It is traversed in its length by a low broad swell of high ground, which begins at Cape Kulien, a moderately elevated headland at the northern opening of the Sound. From this point it extends in a south-east direction to the lakes called Itingsion, where it enlarges to a great width, inclosing these lakes, and covering a space of con siderable extent with numerous hills, most of which are covered with wool. From the banks of these lakes it declines a little more to tho south, running towards the south-eastern portion of the plain, where it terminates about 12 miles from the sea in low hills. The tract of country between the termination of this swell and the south-eastern shores of Scania is a level, with numerous depressions, which are occupied by marshes and swamps. That portion of the region which is situated to the south-west of the swell contains a large level plain, which extends along the shores of the Sound, varying in width from 6 to 10 miles. The soil of this tract is of first-rate quality, consisting of a strong rich loam, which yields good crops of wheat. The country between this plain and the swell above mentioned is interspersed with small isolated hills. The soil of this tract is inferior to that of the plain. Rye and barley are extensively grown. The hills are covered with wood or with indifferent pastures. That portion of the plain which lies north-east of the swell contains also a considerable level round the town of Christianatad, which has a fertile soil, yielding wheat and rye ; but it is not equal to that of the plain along tho shores of the Sound. The remainder of the country resembles the hilly district west of the swell in surface, soil, and productions.
H. The Maritime Region of flatland, which extends along the eastern shores of the Cattegat, is the western declivity of the table land of Smhland. It extends from the Skelder Vik northward to the mouth of the Gota, about 112 miles, with width of about 15 miles. The level portion of this region is separated from the plain of Beanie by a tract of high land (400 to 500 feet above the sea and about 8 miles wide), which projects from the south-western corner of the table-land of Smiiland, and, runuiog westward, terminates in the peninsula of Halland's As, between Skelder Vik on the south and the Bay of Laholm on the north, close to the sea. The soil of this high tract is sandy, partly covered with heath, partly wooded, and in some places swampy. Beech is abundant, and there are many largo trees.