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It being the hour for divine service, I pro­ posed that we should go to church, and after­ wards return to the castle. The church is a very neat building, and its interior presents a singular spectacle, the walls being lined with an incredible number of the escutcheons of our nobility. “ Pray gentlemen,” civilly asked a man who concluded we were strangers, “ do you wish to “ see our Saviour?” We thanked him, and said, “ Yes.” He conducted us to a heavy mass of silver, modelled in the form of Christ. “ There were,” continued the man, “ his “ twelve apostles, but they are gone away. “ When Charles the 9th, of Sweden, pos- “ sessed himself of great part of the island, “ including the castle, he carried them oft', “ saying to Our Saviour,”—‘ You may stay , but ‘ your disciples shall go into the world for the ‘ benefit of mankind.’ From church we proceeded to survey the interior of the castle, which, however, pre­ sented nothing to engage our attention, ex­ cepting the peasant maid who shewed us the