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moss, this had a very pretty effect, especially as there were a variety of flowers all in bloom.
The table was on castors & could be placed in any position. . . . We were shown three very small chambers, where Gustavus the 4th was imprisoned after he was dethroned.
His queen lived with him there.
In another building, a pavilion, were some rooms furnished in more modern style.
The Queen sleeps in these rooms when she comes to Haga, [but] the royal family rarely visit this palace.
The grounds are very beautiful.
We walked round the Park to the famous palace which Gustavus 3d commenced building after his return from Italy.
Here he expended two millions, & the foundations were but laid & the stones in readiness for the walls when he was assassinated.
The work was then immediately stopped as the people were much opposed to the undertaking.
We saw the model of this building which was to have been a very extensive one.
A row of columns all around it, to have been built in the Italian style.
The model was more like a temple than a palace.
We took tea at a little inn in Hagalund & returned home late in the evening—The king has a great number of palaces round Stockholm, there are seven or eight, & as many it is said in every province.
We have a very pleasant little family of our own, & have fine times together. Mr. Hughes
