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GESTRICKLAND. 



The forests became more and more hilly 

 and stony, and abounded with the different 

 species of Winter-green {Fyrolce)k 



All along the road the stones were in ge- 

 neral of a white and dark-coloured granite. 



I noticed great abundance of the Rose 

 Willow (Salu Helis), which had lost all 

 its leaves of the preceding season, except 

 such as composed rosaceous excrescences 

 at the summits of its branches, and which 

 looked like the calyx of the Ccn-thamus 

 [Safflower), only their colour was gone. 



Near Gefle stands a Runic monumental 

 stone, rather more legible than usual, and 

 on that account more taken care of. 



I noticed a kind of stage to dry corn 

 and pease on, formed of perpendicular 

 posts with transverse beams. It was eight 

 ells in height. Such are used throughout 

 the northern provinces, as Helsingland^ 

 Medelpad, Ångermanland, and Westboth- 

 landé 



