TORNE A. 135 



country, about a foot and a half lono-, 

 and an inch and half broad, very shghtly 

 curved. Its back is, hke that of our scythes, 

 thickened on one side. The mower takes 

 hold of the top with his left hand, so that 

 the back of the scythe is uppermost, but 

 grasps M'ith his right the part where the 

 above-described curvature ends, so as to 

 be able to give the edge a turn upwards. 

 As he moves forward, he mows first on the 

 right, and then on the left, only turning 

 his hands, and not lifting the scythe, but 

 merely presenting each side of its blade 

 alternately to the ground. 



On the south-west side of the town, 

 across a small bay, lies a mineral spring. 

 The water is not ill-tasted. Indeed this is 

 one of the best mineral waters I have met 

 with in the north ; but it lies very low, ap- 

 pearing to derive its origin from a stream 

 that runs above, so that its water comes 

 out soiled, as it were, from the earth, and 

 is covered with scum. 



