94 A SPRING AND SUMMER IN LAPLAND. 



marked in Lap agriculture, which struck me as 

 curious. Every one has more dung than he can 

 use on his arable land, so he casts it on his 

 meadow; and, although I fancied that wherever 

 a man could live a pig could, I found at length 

 that I had come to a land where " pigs won't pay 

 for feeding. 55 We had a bit of a garden at the 

 priest's, and when the summer was not too cold, 

 they manage to grow radishes, peas, turnips, and 

 other garden-stuff, just as good as in Wermland. 

 But in the year 1862 nothing ripened. In fact, 

 I fancy things all grew too quick to be ever 

 of much good. I was, however, struck, when 

 I came up, at the good cows which I observed in 

 every cow-byre — quite as good as in Wermland 

 (but quite as dear), and yielding as much milk; 

 but my wonder ceased in the summer, when I saw 

 the crops of natural grass which these meadows 

 and lowlands produce. I have seen many worse 

 crops in the valley of the Nene ; and this proves 

 that Providence has not forgotten any of his 

 creatures, for, as long as they can feed cows up 

 here, they can always manage to live. Rye can 

 be brought up from Lulea (certainly at a cost 

 of one rixdaler per Swedish mile for the four 

 bushels, or about £3 10s. for an English quarter) ; 

 whereas, if they had no cows, they could not 

 bring up milk, and as milk and porridge forms 



