I5o THROUGH THE FIELDS WITH LINN.EUS 



the sea, into which a river discharges itself at this place. 

 About sunset I came to Finstad, but continued my 

 route the same evening to Fjahl, where I was obliged tc* 

 pass a river by two separate ferries T the stream being- 

 divided by an island. 



1 May 18. Being Ascension Day, I spent it at this 

 place, partly on account of the holiday, partly to rest my 

 weary limbs and recruit my strength. 



' I was so unfortunate in my journey through Medel- 

 pad as not to meet with a single horse that did not tumble- 

 with me several times, in consequence of which I was 

 at one time so severely hurt as to be scarcely able tc* 

 remount. Having already collected a number of stones 

 and minerals, which were no less burdensome than un- 

 necessary to carry with me further, I rode to Hernosand r 

 on the Bothnian Gulf, where I left these encumbrances. 

 I did not, however, stay there above two hours. Near 

 here I picked up a number of chrysomelas ' (a sort of 

 beetle) f of a blueish green and gold. 1 The city of 

 Hernosand stands upon an island, accessible to ships 

 on every side, except at Varbryggan, where- they can 

 scarcely pass. 



f I left Fjahl at sunrise, and at Hasjo, the next church, 

 I turned to the left out of the main road to examine a 

 hill where copper ore was said to be found. The stones,, 

 indeed, had a glittering appearance like copper ore, but 

 the pyrites to which that was owing were of a yellowish 

 white a certain indication of their containing chiefly 

 1 The beautiful Chrys&niela graminu* 



