172 THROUGH THE FIELDS WITH LINNAEUS 



The whole should be published in English ; it is well 

 worth it. His sketches, too, and outline scraps are most 

 graphic. 



Beyond Broten and Hofwa, where the high-road is 

 better for a bit, he crosses the Gotha River that is, the 

 Gotha Kanal, which was not then a canal, though it 

 was in course of construction. After finding straw- 

 berries ripe and cheap at Skarpa, he enters Mariestad, 

 where the Tidan flows into the great Venern Lake. 



1 The Crown Princess Louisa Ulrica yesterday paid 

 her first visit to this town. The town and country 

 people flocked to see so excellent a princess. Her 

 beauty, wisdom, and grace were of all seen, loved, and 

 honoured.' They were full of talk of it as Linnaeus 

 passed; Mariestad, unused to bask in the smiles of 

 royalty, could think of nothing else. 



He slept at Bjorsater, on the border of the Venern, 

 riding, on June 19, by the manor of Ornas, still on the 

 shore of the Venern, to Forshem at the foot of the Kinne- 

 kulle, one of the most interesting hills in Sweden, its 

 geology being the point of greatest importance to Lin- 

 naeus and to the states, its charming scenery making 

 it attractive to the traveller. Dog-violets and blue- 

 bells made a second heaven of the ground beneath the 

 yews. 



He rode on to Hellekis, likewise on the coast, and 

 walked up from here to Lukastorp, situated near the 

 highest point. He rambled about the hill -region 

 between Medelplana, Kullatorp, and Osterplana, and 



