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been the opinion of those who so soon gave 

 over the pursuit. 



The rustics here trust to three doctors, 

 Beaver's-gall, Bear's-gall, and Palla vinus. 

 (By a chemical sign annexed, it appears 

 that Linneeus here meant brandy, but the 

 word itself is not explained.) 



This day being Sunday, I saw the girls 

 all going bare-headed to church. They 

 each, however, carried an oblong-oval hat, 

 supported by broad coloured ribbands, the 

 €nds of which hung down. 



September 24. 



In my way from New Carleby to this 

 place (the day before yesterday) I had ob- 

 served a kind of plough in use, different 

 iVom any I had before seen. This was al- 

 most always drawn by a horse, seldom by 

 an ox. The latter, when used, had the 

 same harness as the horse, but without a 

 girth. Over its back indeed passes a band 

 like a saddle-girth, which is kept upon the 

 neck of the animal to prevent the harness 



