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Korss-Stenarna, the chimneys, were often built, as 

 has been before remarked, in the gable, gafVeln, of the 

 house itself, and this sometimes so that nearly all the 

 chimney stood outside the house-gable, while the gable 

 formed one side of the chimney. In so mild a climate as 

 England has, this was good, in case the fire ever fastened 

 on the chimney soot ; but otherwise it seems to be of 

 little use that the back of the fire-place, towards which 

 the fire mostly plays, stands outside the building. 



Akrarna, the ploughed fields, were everywhere 

 where we travelled, very well cultivated. I have said 

 before that the country consists of hills which slope on 

 all sides. The fields, therefore, lie so that they have par- 

 ticular advantage from the morning, midday, or evening 

 sun, towards which they lie. Sometimes also arable fields 

 are found on the north side of the hills, yet it was mostly 

 the practice to leave this side either for pasture, meadow, 

 or other parks,* Parker. 



Jordmon, the soil was here everywhere the sandy 

 brick-colored fat clay which around London is common 

 enough, den med sand utblandade tegelfargade 

 feta leran som omkring London ar nog allmann. 

 [The London clay.J 



On the ploughed fields lay a multitude of ordinary 

 flint fragments, in some places so thick that many would 

 wonder how the crops could there get any room to take 

 root. I never saw any ditches on the ploughed fields, 

 besides those which at times were found close to the 

 hedges which were planted round about the fields. But 

 the manifold water-furrows, vattu-faror, here served for 



* Park in the Coverdale district means an enclosure for horses, its original 

 sense (see " Studies in Nidderdale,'' p. 34 and glossary). T. Rothe's "Aord 

 Staels forf atning for Lehnstiden I., 291," showed that the word in its sense of 

 deer-park was of English origin. [J. L.] 



