Sound, The, a strait, 50 m. long, between Sweden and Denmark, which connects the Cattegat with the Baltic Sea; dues at one time levied on ships passing through the channel were abolished in 1857, and over three millions paid in compensation, Britain contributing one-third and undertaking to superintend the navigation and maintain the lighthouses.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Soult, Nicolas-Jean de Dieu * South, Robert