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ÅNGERMANLAND. 



About a quarter of a mile from the next 

 post-house is a small bridge, over a rivulet 

 which joins two little lakes. This water 

 separates Medelpad from Ångermanland. 

 We no sooner enter this district, than 

 we meet with lofty and very steep hills, 

 scarcely to be descended with safety on 

 horseback. 



Very near Hernosand, in the territories 

 of the bishopric, I picked up a number 

 of Chrysomelas of a blueish green and 

 gold. (These were the beautiful Chrysomcla 

 graminis. See Faun. Suec. n. 509-) 



The city of Hernosand is situated about 

 half or three quarters of a mile within the 

 borders of the province, standing on an 

 island, accessible to ships on every side, 

 except at Vaerbryggan, where they can 

 scarcely pass. 



In the heart of the Angermannian forests 

 trees with deciduous leaves, Befula alba 

 and the hoary-leaved Alder {Beiula incana), 



