1 3 o THROUGH THE FIELDS WITH LINNAEUS 



leaves long and fleshy, the stalk quarter of an ell 

 long. 1 



( We kept the Martebo Lake on our right ; it is long 

 and narrow, but not deep. They use a peculiar sort of 

 boat upon this lake, needing neither helm nor rudder. 

 Two persons being a full lading for these boats, we 

 secured two of them in order to obtain water-plants. 



c We rested from the intense heat in Martebo Church 

 till eight o'clock. In the journey hence to Stenkyrka 

 we saw nothing remarkable ; but the horses could hardly 

 keep their footing on the chalk-hills. 2 



< June 27. Up at four to read a runic stone by the 

 churchyard ; then we botanised on cliff and coast in the 

 creek or bay of Capell (Capelhamn), studying the corals, 

 here very rich. We came at eight in the evening to 

 Hau, which is indisputably the prettiest farmhouse in 

 the kingdom. It is bordered by the sea and a little 

 brook on two sides ; on the two others by tall and steep 

 chalk-cliffs. A long rhyming inscription was traced on 

 the woodwork of the courtyard. This house has no 

 neighbours within half a mile ' [Swedish]. l From Hau 

 we passed on next day to Ruka, where there are plenty 

 of plants. An unknown bird shrieked at us with an 

 unusually strong voice. 



f From Bunga we went (on the 28th) to the FSro 3 

 islands. The sound which divides F&ro from Gothland 



1 CTKerophyllum sylrestre, Allium ursinum. 



2 ' The islands are almost entirely composed of limestone or coral 



rocks.' PULTENEY. 



* Pronounced Fora. 



