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land Alps, and of which he says the earth's riches lie 

 all on the surface there is no mineral kingdom. 



' AlingsSs is a place that formerly, until the year 

 1723, enjoyed the privileges of a town. It is divided 

 in four districts, each district partitioned in four squares, 

 each built round a common fountain in the centre.' 

 Here he found a collection of curious animals, including 

 some close-shorn Oriental goats. Four-horned Gothland 

 goats roamed about here. 



On July 7 he examined the manufactories of Aling- 

 sSs wool-sorting and combingj spinning and weav- 

 ing ; also stocking-weaving, damask-, satin-, and silk- 

 weaving and preparation ; also gold-beating. He in- 

 spected the metal-works and the dyeing materials of 

 woods, insects, drugs, gums, &c., and the mineral dyes 

 and raw materials imported from abroad ; the pipe- 

 factory and the tobacco-factory and plantation, which 

 is., he says, pretty considerable at AlingsSs. 



Is the deprivation of borough privileges the reason 

 why AlingsSs is now less flourishing than it apparently 

 was in Linnaeus's day ? He speaks enthusiastically of 

 Alingsa's, which now has only half the population of 

 BorSs. Perhaps Gothenburg drains it off from Aling- 

 sa's. Next day Linnaeus made an analysis of the chaly- 

 beate springs and mineral waters of Norrby. Hence he 

 journeyed beside Lake Mjorn and the Safvea, by Ingared, 

 towards Gothenburg. Night and very thick darkness 

 overtook him on the way to Lerum, only lighted by 

 the glow-worms. He reached Gothenburg on July 9. 



