WOODFORD. 163 



Fisk-masars nytta, etc. Use of Seagulls in Gardens. 



Mr. Warner had four seagulls, Fisk-masar, in his 

 garden, two of which were of the common sort, and the 

 two others a little larger and blacker, which he had got 

 from Newfoundland, in North America, where they occur 

 wild in abundance. He had had one wing of each clipped, 

 so that they could not fly away. These gulls wandered 

 everywhere about in the kitchen garden, and sought out 

 earth-worms, met-maskar ; Erucas, caterpillars ; frogs, 

 Grodor ; snails, Sniglar ; and many other little beasts 

 injurious to kitchen gardens and garden plants, which 

 they ate up. When the gardeners, arbets-karlarna, 

 were digging up the earth at any place, they followed 

 close after them, and plucked up all earth worms, and 

 coarser insects which the carls in turning over the earth 

 heaved up to the day. In a word, they cleared the 

 garden industriously of many injurious things without in 

 any way doing harm to the plants more than that they 

 once and again trampled on them, which, however, did 

 not matter at all. The only food which they were given 

 was either pieces of raw meat or slices of wheat-loaves. 

 They were so tame that even if they were at the farthest 

 end of the garden, and Mr. Warner called " Gull, Gull," 

 from his window, they came directly, kommo de strax, 

 meaning, of course, to get something to eat. Those which 

 had come from America were very savage, arga. When 

 anyone ran after them they turned round [T. I. p. 356] 

 to fight, at hugga emot, and if one then sprang away 

 from them, they leapt or flew for some distance after 

 him. 



Orsak til tufVor pa angar. 



The origin of hillocks on meadows. 



In one meadow and another I saw small hillocks of 

 about a foot high, and the same diameter. When I dug into 



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