138 THROUGH THE FIELDS WITH LINN jE US 



in height, formed by the action of water. He also dis- 

 covered many new plants, and named them particu- 

 larly a kind of saponaria^ which he considers useful in 

 ceconomics. 



1 We returned from Lilla Carlso to Klintehamn, 

 thence to Sande. At Mesterby Churchyard (a daughter 

 church of Sande) we found two runic stones ; we read 

 one, the other was illegible. We passed some very tall 

 fir trees on our way to Roma Kloster.' 2 



' We took up our night-quarters again in Wisby, 

 whence we had travelled on June 25. It was now 

 July 17. A sort of marl was pointed out to us by an 

 English seaman, who assured us it was an English 

 species of marl ' [ay, more, the fuller's earth itself the 

 very thing that marked out England as the natural 

 home of the woollen trade better in England than in 

 all Christendom besides. Old Fuller says it was for- 

 bidden by law to be transported from England in the 

 14th century. Here was a precious discovery indeed ! ] 



' July 19. Attended Divine service in Wisby. The 

 women keep up their custom of wearing black dresses 

 and mittens to go to the Communion even in the heat 

 of summer. 



1 While waiting for a vessel to return home by, we 

 looked over the fine library of Bishop George Wallin, 

 pleasantly situated in a garden. A vessel came at 



1 Soapwort. 



2 An old Cistercian convent, rebuilt and used as the residence 

 of the governor of the island. One can reach it by rail from 

 Wisby. 



