LIFE OF KALM. xi 



of seeing Aker, Ang (arable fields and meadows), and 

 various matters connected [p. 12] with agriculture, so 

 often named in this description of travels (Resebeskrifning) 

 which is unusual in most descriptions of travel which 

 have hitherto appeared, if I except those of the great 

 Linnseus, and those who have followed his method, and 

 some few others, but it was just the object of this journey 

 and my principal business to collect such. I wish that 

 we had, not only of the whole Kingdom and each Pro- 

 vince, but also of every Harad, and even Parish (Socken), 

 an accurate description of the Rural Economy, as by that 

 means we should have a clear light and guide for improving 

 our agriculture. [This seems to be the original suggestion 

 for an Agricultural Survey such as was carried out in 

 England towards the end of the century, forty to fifty 

 years later]. By that means we get to select the best of 

 everything, and to reject that which we find in our agri- 

 culture to be less profitable than another ; we are thereby 

 led to devise still better, when the science of Agriculture 

 is thoroughly set going. 



" When a number is quoted after the name of a plant 

 without any book being named, the Flora Svecica of 

 Linnseus is always meant. 



" When any particular thing has been told me which 

 I had no opportunity of seeing for myself, I have 

 commonly named my Sagesman (informant), partly to 



