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length by which we returned to Oland, meeting with a 

 dangerous storm off the Carlsoer. The sailors climbing 

 the masts could see Oland as well as Gothland. We took 

 in a great sail and soon saw Oland. The storm lulled ; 

 we anchored near Boda and praised God who had 

 delivered us from the greatest danger. We travelled to 

 Horn, where we stayed the night. 



' July 26. We were on horseback betimes. Leaving 

 Fora Church to the left, we came to Pesnas, journeying 

 farther to Ormoga by Alboke the interesting saddle- 

 roofed church, which looked doubly ill-kept after the 

 fine condition of the Gothland churches by Kiopinge 

 and Raplinge, noticing the progress of the vegetation. 

 The fields were ripe to harvest now, all yellow, which 

 were green when we passed before. 



1 From Odensflisa we went to Isgiarde, staying there 

 the night. Allgudrum's church we wished to see, and 

 still more the castle itself, which is the most famous and 

 largest in the county ; but evening and darkness over- 

 taking us made us hasten our journey to where we first 

 came on June 1. We stayed the night here, and on the 

 morrow (July 27) had a calm and favourable passage to 

 Kalmar. Oland faded out of our sight ; but its green 

 fields, its shadowy forests, and matchless Tempe vales 

 will remain ever present in my memory. 



'-July 28. In Kr&kenas, near Wexio, I rested 

 for two days from the daily work I had already per- 

 formed for two months.' Linnaeus went on from Wexio 

 to Stenbrohult, where he admires the tall alder trees 



