44 2 KALM'S ENGLAND. 



that spring-wells and gushing springs with becks flowing 

 from them, springkallor med springader och 

 flytande back: fran dem, such as occur in abundance 

 in Sweden, are sometimes scarce at the places I had pre- 

 viously been to in England. I have also made the same 

 observation here in Kent, and also in the part of Essex 

 which lies opposite Gravesend. The country on both 

 sides consists of high banks and hills with deep dales 

 between, and in same places,-particularly on both sides of 

 the river Thames, large low-lying plains, so that many 

 from all this might conclude that in the valleys between 

 the hills and on the low plains immediately under the hills, 

 there would be found an abundance [T. II. p. 94] of 

 running streams, and a plentiful supply of springs here 

 and there, but nothing is more rare. During my visit to 

 Gravesend I walked tolerably well over the country 

 around on all sides, was also twice over in Essex, and 

 there walked assiduously round the country, but for all 

 that I had not the good fortune to get to see a single 

 spring, kalla, with running water, nor a single running 

 stream, more than immediately west of Northjleet. 



All the running water I saw here was in the river 

 Thames, the river Medway, which passes by Rochester, 

 and the little beck west of Northfleet. 



An Englishman was asked whether there are any 

 springs here. He immediately answered yes, and in 

 addition to that they, are beautiful ; but when he comes 

 to point them out, it is nothing else than a deep well 

 down in the chalk, which he says has a spring feeder, 

 because the water therein cannot be emptied out, 

 although it lies some fathoms!. depth down. 



It is certain that the country is here very pretty, to 

 such an extent is this so that through the planting of 

 hedges round all the enclosures it everywhere resembles 

 a garden^ Besides- this, -the continual variety- of high 



