140 THROUGH THE FIELDS WITH LINNAEUS 



round the bight of the Lake Mockeln by Stenbrohult, 

 and talks affectionately of the garden of his childhood 

 that his father had made. On August 10 he describes 

 the Kirmesse ceremonies in SmSland, Skane, and 

 Blekinge, which, he says, appear to have been handed 

 down from the old Goths. 



c August 11. Some of our company Messrs. 

 Moraaus, Gahn, and Dubois who left us at Kalmar to 

 travel through Sk&ne and Blekinge, rejoined us here. 

 They all returned to Wexio, where they made a week's 

 stay, visiting Kronoberg Castle ruins in the Helgasjo 

 Lake ; travelling towards Stockholm by way of the iron- 

 mountain of Taberg and Jonkoping, inspecting the 

 school at Wisingso ; passing Omberg (in East Gothland), 

 Wadstena, Motala, Medewi, Askersund, Skyllberga, and 

 Orebro, where they took leave of Morasus and Gahn, 

 who went home to the New Kopparberget, near Falun. 

 Then Linnaeus travelled swiftly by night and day, pass- 

 ing through Arboga in the night of August 25, Enkoping 

 27th, Upsala 28th. 



Early in the morning he left Upsala, and came 

 towards evening to Stockholm, whence he had set out 

 on his journey. Though unsuccessful in its principal 

 object the finding of a porcelain clay the result of 

 the Oland and Gothland tour proved quite satisfactory 

 to the States. 



