TRANSLATOR S PREFACE. XV 



Kalm's agricultural notes are full of vivacious and 

 picturesque descriptions and of valuable information and 

 suggestions : the scientific portion is of the very highest 

 order of excellence, as witness his measured geological 

 sections of tertiary strata, his description of the Chalk, 

 the Portland stone, or the Tottemhoe stone, &c, and his 

 careful enumeration of the genera and species of grasses 

 found in grassfields and haystacks. For the rest, his 

 acuteness of observation and faithfulness of description 

 have been verified by the translator on the ground. 



The head-pieces and tail-piece and the ornamental 

 capitals are reproductions of the originals. The legend 

 on one of the head-pieces should read ' Ljlisare anda,' 

 ' Lighter yet.' 



In this translation the circumflex has been used 

 instead of the Swedish ° over the letter " a," as was done 

 by Linnaeus in his Flora Lapponica, 1737, 8vo. 



The figures, with the exception of that of the archaeo- 

 logical mystery on p. 402, and the plan showing its site, 

 are reproductions of Jungstrom's figures, some of which 

 have, however, been omitted. Mr. F. W. Lucas, the 

 author of the magnificent work on America, " Appendicular 

 Historicce; or, Shreds of History hung on a horn," 1891, 

 4to, has contributed a learned note on the identity of the 

 Frisland of the Zeni with Faero, a proof that may be 

 strengthened by the names of several other places in 



