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layers of leather, are here needless, neither 

 are heels wanted. Nature, whom no artist 

 has yet been able to excel, has not given 

 heels to mankind, and for this reason we 

 see the people of Westbothland trip along 

 as easily and nimbly in these shoes as if 

 they went barefoot. 



In the cornfields lay hundreds of Gulls 

 {JLarus canus) of a sky-blue colour. 



May 26. 



I took leave of Umoea. The weather 

 was rainy, and continued so during the 

 whole day. I turned out of the main road 

 to the left, my design being to visit Lyck- 

 sele Lapmark. By this means I missed 

 the advantage I had hitherto had at the 

 regular post-houses, of commanding a horse 

 whenever I pleased; which is no small con- 

 venience to a stranger travelling in Sweden. 

 It now became necessary for me to entreat 

 in the most submissive manner when I stood 

 in need of this useful animal. The road 



