ÅNGERMANLAND. 



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compared with the body of the parent. I 

 only saw some fragments of this bird, but 

 am pretty certain of its being the Anas 

 arctica (Alca Tor da). 



In proportion as I approached West- 

 bothland, the height of the mountains, the 

 quantity of large stones, and the extent of 

 the forests, gradually decreased. Fir trees, 

 which of late had been of rare occurrence, 

 became more abundant. Above a mile be- 

 fore we come to Sormjole, is a river called 

 Angeraen, separating Ångermanland from 

 Westbothland. 



The peasants hereabouts use the follow- 

 ing implements, for breaking up the ground 

 of their fallow fields. 



