270 THROUGH THE FIELDS WITH LINN JE US 



Helsingborg and the promontory of Kiillen, once pro- 

 bably an island one of the most picturesque places in 

 Sk&ne, extending into the Oresund, the north-west 

 point of the province. Its steep granite hills rise like 

 an amphitheatre. On the highest, 600 feet above the sea, 

 is a lighthouse. This height commands an extensive 

 view, geographically and geologically most interesting. 

 At the base of the hills on the north side is the Trol- 

 hSlet (witch-hole), a grotto one hundred feet deep. 1 



At Kiillen they tasted the kulla liering (caller 

 herring?) a sort of bloater 'that of all the Swedish 

 herrings is the fattest and best.' Kiillen detained 

 Linnseus some time on account of its geological interest, 

 including the coal-mines of Hoganas, which were worked 

 as early as 1650. The sight of this brought back to his 

 memory the works of Boulton and Watt ; but the coal 

 here is inferior to the English. On July 16 he travelled 

 from Wageholm to Engelholm, which is supposed to take 

 its name from the English ; though I think it is not the 

 ' Angles ' but ' angels ' who are meant. Here they had 

 many a peep into the interiors of Halland's cottages, so 

 Dutch in cleanliness and aspect the quintessence of 

 quaintness. But the province of Halland not being with- 

 in the commission, they kept as much as possible within 

 the limits of SkSne, skirting its northern border. 



They went from Skillinge to Rosioholm, another 

 nobleman's seat; Warno, Gunnerstorp, Steinkohlen- 

 bruch, where they get Glaubers salts ; and back to 

 1 H. Marryatt. 



