THE SWEDISH PAN. 3^3 



them, yet they do not immediately dye •, but 

 it is certain that they cannot have from thence 

 good and proper nourifliment* 



§, 6. 



The end of this kind of knowledge is not 



12. But when they are let into the paftures in fpring, 

 partly from their greedinefs after frefh herbs, and partly from 

 the emptinefs and hunger which they have undergone during 

 a long winter, they devour every green thing which cdmes in 

 their way. It happens moreover that herbs at this time are 

 fmall, and fcarcely fupply food in fufficient quantity. They 

 are befides more juicy, are covered with water, and fmell lefs 

 flrong, fo that what is noxious is not eafily difcerned from 

 what is wholefome. I obferved likewife, that the radical 

 leaves were always bitten, the others not ; which confirms 

 what I heve jullfaid. 



13. I faw this plant in an adjoining meadow mowed 

 along with grafs for winter fodder ; and therefore it is rat 

 wonderfull, that fome cattle, tho' but a few, (hould dye of 

 It in winter. 



14. After ileft Tornea i faw no more of this plant till i 

 v«ame to the vaft meadows near Limmingen, where it ap- 

 peared along the road, and when i got into the town i heard 

 the fame complaints, as at Tornea, of the annual lofs of 

 cattle with the fame circumflances. 



15. It would therefore be worth while to eradicate care- 

 fully thefe plants, which might eafily be done, as they grow 

 in marlhy grounds ; and are not hard to find, as they grow 

 by the fides of pools or rivers. Or if this could not be done, 



the cattle (hould not be fuffcred to go into fuch places, 

 at leaft during the fpring. For i am perfuaded, that later 

 in the year they can diflinguifh this plant by the fmell alone. 



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