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country does not afford any green paftures like 

 the Swedifh ones; the woods are the places 

 where the cattle muft colledt their food. The 

 ground in the woods is chiefly flat, or 

 with very little rifirigs. The trees ftand far 

 afunder; but the ground between them is not 

 covered with green fods ; for there are but 

 few kinds of grafles in the woods, and they 

 ftand fingle and fcattered. The foil is very 

 loofe, partly owing to the dead leaves 

 which cover the ground during a great 

 part of the year. Thus the cattle find very 

 little grafs in the woods, and are forced to 

 be fatisfied with all kinds of plants which 

 come in their way, whether they be good 

 or bad food. I faw for fome time this 

 fpring, that the cattle bit off the tops and 

 flioots of young trees, and fed upon them ; 

 for no plants v/ere yet come up, and they 

 ftand in general but very thin, and fcat- 

 tered here and there, as I have juft 

 mentioned. Hence you may eafily imagine 

 that hunger compels the cattle to eat 

 plants, which they would not touch, were 

 they better provided for. However, I am 

 of opinion, that it would be worth while 

 to make ufe of this Lupine to mend dry 

 fandy heaths, and, 1 believe, it would not 

 be abfolutely impoffible to find out the 

 nieans of making it agreeable to the cattle 



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