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seemed as if they had been accustomed to this life whole 

 years together. 



The regulations are less remarkable than the fact 

 that they carried them out to the end of the journey. 



1 The " Transactions " are printed (?) on forty-eight 

 written sheets containing many important observations 

 and discoveries. In the geographical part is a faithful 

 description of the DalelfVen, the largest river of Dale- 

 carlia, with all its arms and sources ; also a geography 

 of the Alpine mountains. ... In mineralogy there 

 exists a description of 120 different curious sorts of 

 minerals and fossils, most of which are to be found in 

 the district of Rattvik. In the botanical part is a list 

 of all the plants growing in the whole province, called 

 Flora Dalecarlia, with the synonyma and their eco- 

 nomical and pharmaceutical virtues, written l by Baron 

 Reuterholm.' 2 



Although Gieseke wrote as above, the ' Iter Dale- 

 carlium ' never really seems to have been printed under 

 the superintendence of its authors. It was consulted 

 in MS. by Linnasus's pupils, and the botanical re- 

 marks were inserted in his own printed works. The 

 journal seems to have been used, artist fashion, as a 

 quarry for materials. One particular fruit of this journey 

 was a list of the pasture herbs of Sweden, published 

 under the title of ' Pan Suecus.' 3 



1 Collated and transcribed. 



2 Article on the Iter Dal. in the Hamburg News, written by 

 Gieseke. 



* In Pan Suecus are recorded over two thousand experiments to 



