^J12 EAST BOTHLAND. 



and cornfields of the neighbouring parish 

 of Storkyrro, are famous to a proverb for 

 their great ex tent.) At first the land seemed 

 a perfect marsh, filled with Horsetail (Equi- 

 setumjiuviatile), and especially with Reed, 

 Arundo {P/wagmites), which last grew in 

 such abundance as to resemble a forest. 

 The W«ter Hemlock, Cicutaria aquatica 

 Ciciita virosa ; (see p. 136), was very plen- 

 tiful by the road-side. This led me to in- 

 quire whether the cattle ever fed there? 

 I was answered by the peasants in the affir- 

 mative, with a question in my turn, whe- 

 ther I could give them any advice on the 

 subject, for they had lost a great many ; 

 adding similar particulars to what I had 

 heard at Tornea. 



Red Currants (Ribes ruhrum) grew all 

 the way by the road, as well as Lenticula 

 ( Lanna or Duck- weed), and the Lichenoi- 

 (It's of which powder is made was obser- 

 vable on the trees. [LicJien primastrii said 

 lo have been used for hair-powder.) 



Tlie meadow of Limingo is two miles 



