a province of Sweden, so called from a river of the same name, on which it lies, near Norway. It is divided into three parts, which they call valleys; and is about 175 miles in length and 100 in breadth. It is full of mountains, which abound in mines of copper and iron, some of which are of a prodigious depth. The towns are very small, and Idra is the capital. The inhabitants are rough, robust, and warlike; and all the great revolutions in Sweden had their rise in this province. The river rises in the Dofrine mountains, and running south-east through the province, falls into the gulf of Bothnia.