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[15.J Agrostis Arist. maj. prat., some plants. 

 [ ? A. Vulgaris, var. Aristata.J Bent grass. 



[16.] Serratula C.B. [Pin. 235. Linn. Fl. Sv. 660.J 

 Some plants. [S. Tinctoria] Saw-wort. 



[17.] Linum Catharticum, 255. Some plants. 

 Purging Flax. 



[18.] Vicia, Mus-arter, 605. [V.Cracca] some plants. 



[19.] Filipendula vulg. [C. B. Pin. 163. Linn. Fl. 

 Sv., 404 Spircea Filipendula] some plants. 



[20.] Plantago, 123, do. [P. Media.] 



[21.] Millefolium vulg. alb. C.B. [Pin. 140] one 

 single plant. [Achillea Millefolium.] 



There were many we could not find here, although 

 we searched long for them. The Papilionacece alone made 

 almost double as much as the others. A part of the hay 

 had become slighly musty, but much of it was uninjured, 

 and smelt very good. 



At befria Sades-staekar for Moss. 



To prevent Mice from getting into ricks. 



In the Duke of Bridgewater's park we got to see a 

 particular way in which to build stacks, so that mice 

 shall not approach them, in that the bottom, botten, on 

 which the rick stood, or " rick-staddle," was not down on 

 the ground, but stood on pillars, pelare, 3 feet from the 

 earth. The " rick-staddle," which was of wood, was 

 either four-sided or round. It rested on eight or ten 

 pillars, besides another ditto, which stood under the 

 middle of the bottom, midt under botten. The 

 pillars were square, built of bricks, each side 1 foot wide. 

 The length of the pillars was 2 feet 6 inches. Upon each 

 pillar in every case was laid a thick flag-stone or stone, 

 halla eller Sten, the " flat-stone " or the " resting- 

 stone," which extended 6 inches on all sides beyond the 

 pillar, and thus prevented mice from possibly reaching 



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