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HELSINGLAND. 



I HAD scarcely travelled a quarter of a 

 mile beyond the river when I observed a 

 red earth close to the road, which promises 

 to be very useful in painting, if it should 

 prove sufficiently plentiful, and capable of 

 being cleansed from its impurities. The 

 people at the next post-house informed me 

 that the same earth, but of a much better 

 quality, was found in the parish of Norrbo. 

 The Common and Spruce Firs (Piniis 

 sylvestris and P. Abies) grow here to a 

 very large size. The inhabitants had 

 stripped almost every tree of its bark. 



A number of small white bodies were 

 hanging on the plants of Ling (Erica), of 

 a globular form, but cut off, as it were, 

 though not open, on the lower side, each 

 about the size of a Bilberry (Vaccinium 

 Myrtillus), and consisting of a thin white 

 silky membrane. A small white insect 

 was lodged within. 



There were also affixed to some plants 



