5 z OS BECK'S VOYAGE. 



an ih. The circumference of this wheel 

 touches the water, and there are feveral earth- 

 en pots fattened to it by double firings, which 

 fetch up the water. 



Garden beans (J T icia fabd) were already 

 i£ full bloffom in the open air, which we never 

 can have before Midiummer-day in Sweden. 

 This is a clear proof of the difference of the 



climate. 



The earthen walls, with which the gardens 

 and plantations are furrounded, are often three, 

 yards high, and are befides covered with 

 prickly plants : among which 



The Agave Americana l is the mo ft com- 

 mon, moil beautiful, and mod ufeful. This 

 is called Pita in Spain, but it is by no-means 

 the Aloe vera y or femperviva, except you will 

 call every thing fempervivwn which is ever- 

 green; which would be as ridiculous as to give 

 the fame denomination to the fir and the juni- 

 per, becaufe they both continue green all the 

 winter. The leaves of this plant, which I 

 was told was about fix years old, were three 

 feet long. The laft year's fiapi % which were 

 already mouldering, were about two men's 



' Vulg. American Aloe. 



35 lengths; 



