160 KALM'S ENGLAND. 



Harliga bygningar. Beautiful houses. 



A great number of handsome large houses made a 

 show everywhere in the woods, through which we 

 travelled, the whole of this day. Nature and Art 

 seemed here to have united to make this country charm- 

 ing and delightful. 



The lyth April, 1748. 



Kail Var. Cold Spring. 



Our host, a man of seventy years old, told us 

 that he could not remember a cold wind, and what 

 is more, so much snow, lasting so far on in the spring 

 as it has this year, for it snowed — indeed, very heavily 

 — the greater part of this day. All the others with whom 

 I spoke about this had the same tale. The leaves of 

 the trees were now first beginning to shoot out. Haw- 

 thorns and dog roses, Hagtorn och Torne, were those 

 which were most advanced in this respect, but on the 

 others there scarcely appeared more than the incipient 

 buds, while, commonly, all trees are said to stand at this 

 time with large leaves. 



The 18th April, 1748. 



In the morning I went into London and returned in 

 the evening. 



Asnors nytta. The use of Asses. 



These animals are used by several people in this 

 country. They were commonly quite as small as year- 

 old foals. The principal reason why they keep them is 

 said to be that those who have lung disease, Lung-sot, 

 or Hectique, might have the opportunity of drinking 

 asses' milk, because the Medici [T. I. p. 353] in this place 

 prescribe it as the surest and best medicine for these 

 distressing passions. It is also for this reason that large 

 troops of donkeys are seen, particularly in the district, 



