24 GESTRICKLAND. 



rious notes made a concert in the forest, to 

 which the lowing herds of cattle under the 

 shade of the trees formed a base. The 

 weather this morning was delightfully 

 pleasant. 



Lichen islandiciis grows abundantly in 

 this forest. 



After travelling about a mile and half 

 from HamrUnge I arrived at the river Tonna, 

 which divides Gestrickland from Helsing- 

 land, and empties itself into the bay of 

 Tonna. The abovementioned lake, called 

 by the inhabitants Hamränge Fjärden, ex- 

 tends almost to the sea. I was told it did 

 actually communicate with the ocean. At 

 least there is a ditch in the mountain itself, 

 whether the work of art or nature is un- 

 certain, called th^ North Sound, hardly 

 wide enough to admit a boat to pass. 

 This is dammed up as soon as the hot 

 weather in summer sets in, to prevent the 

 lake losing too much water by that chan- 

 nel, as the iron from several founderies 

 is conveyed by the navigation through this 

 lake. 



