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water in the river, or by its warning fome 

 earth down the river, and carrying it to 

 its fides, or by the river's cutting deeper in 

 on the fides. 



All the grounds were ploughed very 

 even, as is uiiial in the Swedi/h province 

 of Upland. Some were fown with yellow, 

 and others with white Wheat. Now and 

 then we faw great fields of flax, which was 

 now beginning to flower. In fome parts it 

 grows very well, and in others it was but 

 indifferent. The exceffive drought which 

 had continued throughout this fpring, had 

 parched all the grafs and plants on hills 

 and high grounds, leaving no other green 

 plant than the common Mullein (Verbaf* 

 cum Thapfus Linn.) which I faw in feve- 

 rai places, on the drieft and higheft hills, 

 growing in fpite of the parching heat of 

 the fun, and though the paftures and mea- 

 dows were exceffively poor, and afforded 

 fcarce any food at all, yet the cattle never 

 touched the Mullein. Now and then I 

 found fields with peafe, but the Charlock, 

 fSinapis arvenfis Linn.) kept them quite 

 under. The foil in moft of thefe fields is 

 a fine mould, which goes pretty deep. 



The wild vines cover all the hills along 

 the rivers, on which no other plants grow, 

 and on thofe which are covered with trees, 



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