MT. 22.] AND SCANDINAVIA. 133 



drove into a large flat boat without our dismounting. 

 Came to a more wild and rough country also more 

 woody all natural. The houses are all wooden, the 

 fires also. They are open, and set in a wide chimney 

 at the corner of the room ; a damper is let down as 

 soon as the room is sufficiently warm. They use pine 

 laths for candles, holding the light downwards. 

 Candles they also have, but exceeding small, and 

 very bad. 



We went pleasantly on, sometimes taking two horses. 

 The road winds through a variety of woods, some of 

 them very thick. The trees are of different sorts, 

 some firs ; but the finest and most plentiful are oaks 

 and beech, besides birch, aspen, nut, and alder. "We 

 saw also many heathberries, some cranberries, and a 

 vast abundance of sloes ; also Osmunda regalis. The 

 cattle were chiefly pigs, running in the woods, and 

 very lean, of course : cows and horses small, but fleet. 

 We went on very quick, only stopping at the inns to 

 get a crust of bread or an apple. At Markavid met 

 a student of Lund (in Scania) who spoke German and 

 French. After Markavid, saw many lakes among 

 thick woods : these were universally very shallow, 

 from the gentle slope of their sides and their general 

 appearance. They had many islands, also wooded. 

 We met several travellers. They rode, wrapped in 

 surtouts, in open carriages holding one (sometimes 

 two), driven by servant or self, and always smoking. 

 At Travyd we got late. The driver had stopped to 

 tie his spare horse to a tree before getting in sight of 



