288 KALM'S ENGLAND. 



no spjall is used here, and that the door of the room 

 is seldom shut, especially in taverns and inns, so that 

 the wind has free entrance nearly from all sides. On 

 the hearth the fire always lies and burns. Therefore, 

 when it is cold, one can often warm oneself on one side 

 and freeze on the other. To prevent this, there was 

 used here in many places a kind of settle or bench, 

 saten eller bankar, made of boards., in shape like a 

 sofa with very high back, so that when one was sitting 

 therein, the head could not be seen from behind. These 

 settles, saffor, did not go in a straight line, but were 

 curved like the arc of a circle, because those who sat in 

 this settle thus had better advantage of the warmth of 

 the fire, which came, as it were, from the centre. 



According to their size, six or more persons could find 

 room to sit in them. When one sat in such, in front of 

 the fire, he was never exposed to a draught on his back, 

 because the high frame of close boards prevented that. 



Vinter foda for Bi. Winter food for Bees. 



The carl who accompanied us told us that the best 

 food which can be given to bees in winter time is salt, 

 which is finely powdered and set for them. He said 

 further that the bees in this district are commonly fed in 

 the winter with sugar and honey, which, however, is not 

 nearly so good as this, viz., salt, however absurd it may 

 seem to one who has never tried it. He assures me that 

 out of ioo who keep bees there are not ten who know 

 this [T. I. p. 285], not Mr. Ellis himself. The carl 

 himself, however, had many times tried feeding bees 

 with it. He believed that I should one day have 

 occasion to thank him for it. 



Faren bette pa Hvete-brodd. 



Sheep pastured on Wheat-sprouts. 

 The wheat fields now stood here in many places 



