zjo THROUGH THE FIELDS WITH LINN.-EUS 



Sarna is cheered by the fact of the road passing through 

 the wildest and mgst magnificent scenery of the whole 

 pass. The cattle-bells tinkled and the herd-maidens 

 played delightfully o-n the horn. While Emporelius was 

 fishing in the Elf, 1 and having the eatable specimens he 

 had shot prepared for their supper, Sandel, the American 7 

 and the young Reuterholms amused! themselves with 

 improvising a concert and improving their own method 

 of calling the party together by the sound of the horn . 

 This instrument, however badly played, never failed of 

 its effect about meal times ; at bed and getting-up times 

 it was less successful. The boys said Hedenblad had 

 feeble wind he must practise longer to strengthen it ; 

 and they wondered what profession would admit of their 

 lying in bed the longest. They had to be up early on 

 the morrow, for they had loitered a good deal on their 

 way. Not until July 14 did they arrive at Sarma. They 

 set their three-quarters of a dozen watches and went to 

 bed. Linnaeus alone had no watch ; he knew the time 

 of day or night by the birds and flowers. ' Hasten them 

 up, it is late/ said the leader on the morrow : ' it is five 

 o'clock ; the yellow mountain poppy has just unfolded, 

 The blue-throated robin woke the day three hours 

 ago.' 



Sarna is prettily situated on the river, which here 



widens into a lake. The pastor housed part of them in 



the parish church, the inn even then a good one being 



full on account of a fair that was about to open. Sarna 



1 Or Dal, or Dai-elf, river of the dale. 



