THE LAPLAND ALPS. 81 



in Jämtland, where the fresh-gatheredhop3 

 are packed together, as hard as possible, 

 till they become warm ; after which they 

 are spread out to dry. Their strength is 

 by this means improved. 



The people of Scania having mowed their 

 grass, let it lie till dry, when they rake it 

 together. 



The Smolanders dry it in a kind of shed. 



The East Gothlanders range it in heaps, 

 two and two together, in a long row. 



In Upland the new-mown grass is tied 

 up in bundles, and collected into cocks. 



In Angermannia the whole yearns crop is 

 laid by upon a kind of raised floor. 



In Westbothland, after being dried in 

 the shed, the hay is kept there for use, being 

 laid crosswise, and cut when wanted*. 



Jiilij 23. 

 This evening I took leave of the alpine 



* The whole of this account of the hay consists, 

 in the manuscript, of such concise, disjointed, and 

 obscure notes, that we are by no means certain of 

 having preserved the exact sense. 

 VOL. II. G 



