II. duction here will not be altogether out of place. CHAP. There is nothing English about it, excepting the "Omnis animadversio et castigatio contumelia vacare debet." Cic. VIII. At СНАР. 11. mere composition: the taste, the rhythm, and form of the versification, is altogether Swedish. corpus onustum Hesternis vitiis animum quoque degravat una." Hor. "Non solum ipsa Fortuna cæca est, sed eos etiam plerumque efficit cæcos, quos complexa est." Cic. We have thought it right to copy Dr. Nazén's MS. exactly as we received it from him. Like all foreigners, among whom every Englisk man is called Milord, he has dignified us with a title (Nobilíssimi), to which we had no pretensions; but as nothing has been altered, even this was suffered to remain. Crystals, the blossoms of the mineral world; disclosing the nature and properties of stones, as those of vegetables are made known by their flowers. Second Reception at Umeå-Anecdote of Colonel Steinbock -Overwhelming Hospitality of the Swedes-Names of Rivers-Return to Sundswall-General Remarks on Angermannland - Sundswall - Cultivated Appearance of Helsingland-Bergsiö-Dellen Lake-Delsbo-Singular Adventure there-Runic Staves-Description of those Calendars-Written Rods of Sacred Scripture-Llusdal -Burnt Forests-Lichen Rangiferinus-Method of making and mending the Roads-Falls of LaforssenBanditti of the Cataract-Price of Labour-Entrance of Herjeådalen-Nutritious Quality of the Reindeer Lichen-Other species of Lichen-Ran Sion-Employment of the Lapps-Swedish Wedding-Original Identity of the Goths and Greeks-Appearance of the Alpine Barrier |