22 KALM S ENGLAND. 



[T. I. p. 372] the board there stands a can or bucket full 

 of water, kanna eller ambare. This vessel, karil, 

 has a little pipe at the bottom, through which the water 

 softly runs across the sloping board past the fine sand, 

 a little of which it carries by degrees with it down into 

 the score or saw cut, i skaran, when the saw requires it. 

 Then the water carries down the sand which had lain in 

 its way, but when all the sand has run off the board, the 

 carls push more sand with a stick down to the water that 

 it may bear it in the same way by degrees down into the 

 saw score, sag-skaran, under the saw. Meantime, the 

 carl draws the saw forwards and backwards, when this 

 fine sand keeps continually falling, faller alt for et, 

 under the saw blade, and thus performs the same service 

 as teeth, to wear away and saw the stone. They said 

 the reason why they do not use teeth on their saws, is 

 that the teeth would bite so hard and fast, that no one 

 would be able to keep up the sawing. With other tools 

 used by masons, sten huggare, they prepare and fashion 

 this stone in manifold ways. The greatest part of St. 

 Paul's Church is built of this stone, right up to the top ; 

 also, the Abbey Church of Westminster ; indeed, nearly 

 all other Churches, as well as the high so-called Monu- 

 ment. Of this stone, also large and magnificent gentle- 

 men's houses are built, in London as well as out in the 

 country. Besides that, grave-stones, outside window- 

 frames, and the lintels, jambs and arches of doors, paving 

 stones for floors, and curb-stones for footpaths at the 

 sides of streets where no one drives, are made of this 

 stone. It is used also to cover garden walls with, and 

 walls round properties, for posts along the sides of the 

 streets to prevent coachmen and carters from driving on 

 to the path where people walk, for posts round fireplaces, 

 chimney-posts, for window sills of buildings, for garden 

 rollers [T. I. p. 373], for posts under ricks, and for 



