LONDON AND SUBURBS. 7 



so that they are split in two, and the thin pellicle or 

 scale which surrounds them is detached. [T. I. p. 143.] 

 It is well known that all peas split naturally into two 

 parts as soon as the outer cuticle is removed from them. 

 Afterwards the loose skin is farther winnowed away with 

 a winnower or fan, Vanna eller dryfta. 



[Paragraph on pickling Cucumbers, Gurkor omitted.] 



The 15th February, 1748. 



Thermometrical Observations were made yester- 

 day. [T. I. p. 144.J The room which the people lived 

 in had a fire in it the whole day from morning till night, 

 although most of the heat went away through the chim- 

 ney, because in London they neither use a spjall, nor 

 know what a spjall is, for which reason also there is no 

 name for it in the whole of the English language.* The 

 thermometer was first set by the side of the window, 

 when it always stood at io° Cels. [50 Fahr.J During 

 my visit to Norway I also made similar observations in 

 the large hall, sal, which we lived in, which was only 

 warmed by a little iron stove, jarn-Ugn, and that seldom 

 over twice a day. When it was warm enough in the hall, 

 the thermometer stood at ja° or 20 Cels. [66*2° to 68° 

 Fahr.] but when it fell to 15 , 14 , or 13 Cels. [59 , 57-2°, 

 55 "4° Fahr.J we thought it was tolerably cold and chilly. 

 The observations were carried on both when it was very 

 cold, and only moderately cold, out in the open air. To- 

 day the thermometer hung from morning till evening in 

 the same room in the middle of the wall between the 

 window and the fireplace, when it ranged through the 

 day between 8° and 5 Cels. [46*4° and 41 ° Fahr.] In 

 the fireplace however nothing but coal was burned. The 



* Fr. "Bouchoir, clapet, de cheminee, de poele." Weste, Lex. 1807. 

 Damper, valve. [J. L.] 



