THE SWEDISH PAN. 361 



I am apt to believe however that the reader 

 will be better pleafed that I have opened this nevr. 

 fcene, than if I had waited longer in order to 

 gain farther light. For fince there are many 

 people here curious in botany and oeconomy, i 

 hope they will all lend a helping hand, that i 

 may one day be enabled to give a more compleat 

 edition of this piece ". 



* After this in the original follows a long table of expe-i 

 rlments, of which i fhall only give a fmall fpecimen ; as the 

 whole would increafe the bulk but not the value of this piece 

 to fuch readers as this tranflation is intended for, fince they 

 would neither know the plants by the names the author has 

 given them, nor by any i could put in their room. However 

 i Ihall for curiofity give a fpecimen, and add the general re- 

 fult of his experiments, juft as he has marked it at the end 

 of his table; which is as follows. * Thus^far,'^ fays he, 



• we have given 2314 experiments. From thefe it appears 



f that 



refufe 2 1 8 plants 



126 



141 

 212 

 171 



* And thus thefe animals leave untouched 886 plants. 



* Thefe animals will not eat any kind ofmo/s, 



* The goats are very fond of the a/g^. 



' Some of them greedily devour the fungi, others will 

 f not tafte them. But we recommend farther trials in rela- 



• tion to thefe matters.' 



Then follows an account of fome trials made by Dr. 

 -O. Hagi^rom to the fime putpofe in relation to rk'n dcer^ 



but 



