214 EAST BOTHLAND. 



Iris (/;7"5 Pscud'acorus) was mixed with 

 the hay. 



The milk-strainers are made of straw, 

 and not very clean. 



September 20. 



Brabestad, not far distant, is a small 

 town, though twice the size of Tornea, 

 standing on a peninsula by the sea. 



In the hospital of Cronby are many ma- 

 niacs, whose insanity is said to have arisen 

 from jealousy of the conduct of their wives. 

 One of them, whose wife was a very old 

 woman, took this fancy, supposing her to 

 intrigue with several other men. Possibly 

 in these cases impotence, or perhaps some 

 fantastic concupiscence, may have been a 

 cause of the derangement. 



About this neighbourhood it is the cus- 

 tom to administer to women in labour a 

 very nauseous medicme, which is called 

 Hittatran, or Casual Train-oil ; so termed 

 because it is obtained from the carcases of 



