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beautiful. The trees whose fruit otherwise could never 

 be ripened in England ripened quickly in this way as 

 well as if they had been indigenous in England. Apricots, 

 Apricoser, Pistachios, Pistacier, Peaches, Persiker, 

 in their manifold varieties, with other beautiful fruits, 

 were managed in the same way. 



They were planted in the same manner against walls, 

 or the walls of houses, which in summer time looked very 

 pretty in consequence, when a choice [T. I. p. 334] fruit 

 tree often overclad the whole wall. No side of the garden- 

 walls or of the house-walls, for the houses were here nearly 

 always built of brick, was left bare and void of them, 

 whether it was that which faced the south, east, west, or 

 north ; for they chose out for those aspects such trees as 

 either preferred the morning, noon, or evening sun, or 

 loved to stand in the shade. Thus it is often seen that 

 cherry-trees which bear Morels, Moreller, were spread 

 out on the north side of the garden-walls or house-walls. 

 In the same way were red and white currant bushes, 

 Vinbars-buskar, planted on the last-named or north 

 side. 



Halm-hattar. Straw-hats. 



I have mentioned before (p. 323 orig. 327 above) that 



the greater number of the English women in this district 



trouble themselves very little about such domestic duties 



as in other countries form a great part of the occupations 



of women, but that they had laid most of the burden of 



that on to the men. I saw, however, in some places some 



part of the women afford proof that they are not wanting 



in ability for various things, if only the custom of the 



country had not freed this sex from such. Here were 



several women who were very busy in making straw hats 



which they afterwards sent hither and thither to be sold. 



The straw which was used for this purpose was only 



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