t6 SENEFiT OF 
holding the top of mount Swuckuj of fo im«’ 
menfe a height, that it reaches above the 
clouds. The wohderfull ftrudure of mount 
Torfburg* the horrid precipices of the rock 
Blakulla in an ifland of that name, fituated near 
Oelarid, and that prefents by its name* ftill 
ufed among the Suegothic vulgar* no lefs than 
by its difmal afped, an idea of the ftupidity* 
and fuperftition of that antient people. 
Befides the wonderfull vaults, and caverns of 
the Skiula mountains* the high plains of the 
ifland Carolina* the unufual form and ftrudure 
of the Kierkerfian fountains in Oelarid; to pafs 
over numberlefs other ftrange works of nature, 
the like to which perhaps are no where to be 
met with* 
Where can we have greater opportunities, 
than in this Suegothic trad, of confidering the 
intenfe rigor, and vehemence of winter, the 
incredible marble-like ftrength of ice ? And 
yet in this inclement climate grain of all forts 
is obferved to fpring forth fooner, grow quick- 
er, and ripen in lefs time than in any other part 
of the world/ 
* Vid. a treatise concerning the foliation of trees pub- 
liftied in this collection, and the prolegomena to the Flora 
Lapponica of this author, where he fays that at Purkyaur 
in Lapland anno 173?. barley fown May 31. was ripe 
July 28. i. e. in 58 days; and rye fown May 31. was 
jipe, and Auj^ 5. i. in 66 days. 
