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The distance is calculated at from 180 to 250 miles, and the journey takes five days. In the evening we approached the Baltic, which has the same character as the Scheren of the North Sea.
We saw nothing but land and water till we arrived the next morning at the Scheren, and steered for Gottenburg. August 31st. The sea had been rough all night, and we therefore reached Gottenburg three hours later than usual. In this agitated sea, the surging of the breakers against the many rocks and islets near Gottenburg has a very curious effect.
Here the so-called Scheren begin, which extend sixty leagues, and form the Christian's Sound. By what I could see in the dim twilight, the scene was beautiful. Numerous islands, some merely consisting of bare rocks, others overgrown with slender pines, surrounded us on all sides. But our pilot understood his business perfectly, and steered us safely through to Sandesund, spite of the dark night.
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