X LIFE OF KALM. 



ran aground at the mouth of the river Thames so hard, 

 that with two pumps we could not pump out as much 

 water as poured in through the bottom of the ship, but 

 were obliged to seek the nearest land, from whence I 

 travelled by road to London, where I arrived on the 

 29th March, and had the pleasure some days later to see 

 our ship and goods arrive there, after it had been 

 repaired. On the 5th May we left London, and on the 

 16th of the same month reached Gotheborg, and on the 

 3rd June arrived at Stockholm. 



" From notes which I made on these Travels, the 

 first Volume [1753] is communicated to the public. It 

 contains various observations made in Norway and 

 England. [The first in pages of the second volume, 

 1756, contains the remainder of the English notes]. 



" As far as regards English Rural Economy (Landt 

 hushallningen), I have omitted much in order that the 

 work might not become too bulky, but think, please God, 

 of giving it to the Swedish Academy. When I have been 

 speaking of England, I have sometimes come to use some 

 English words. I do not see why it should be accounted 

 in me a fault more than for others to use French words. 

 They are however nearly [p. 11] all explained by me in 

 one place or another. 



" Many who have more pleasure in reading books for 

 diversion than for instruction, will perhaps soon be weary 



