THE SWEDISH PAN, & 3 
them* yet they do not immediately dye 5 but 
it is certain that they cannot have from thence 
good and proper nourifhment, 
§. 6 , 
The end of this kind of knowledge is not 
12. But wh eft they stre let into the paftures in fpring* 
partly from their greedinefs after freih herbs, and partly from 
the emptinefs and hunger which they have undergone during 
a long winter, they devdur every green thing which comes in 
their way. It happens moreover that herbs at this time are 
fmall, and fcarcely fupply food in fufheient quantity. They 
are befides more juicy, are covered with water, and fmell lefs 
itrong, fo that what is nOxicus is not ea/ily difeerned front 
what is wholefome. I obferved likewife, that the radical 
leaves were always bitten, the others not ; which confirms 
what I hnve juft faid. 
1 3 . I faw this plant in an adjoining meadow mowed 
along with grafs for winter fodder ; and therefore it is not 
Wonderful!, that fome cattle, tho* but a few, fhould dye of 
it in winter. 
14. After i left Tornea i faw no more of this plant till i 
fame to the vaft meadows near Limmingen, where it ap- 
peared along the road, and when i got into the town i heard 
the fame complaints, as at Tornea, of the annual lofs of 
cattle with the fame circumftances. 
15. It would therefore be worth while to eradicate care- 
fully thefe plants, which might eafily be done, as they grow 1 
in marfhy grounds ; and are not hard to find, as they grow 
by the fides of pools or rivers. Or if this could not be done, 
the cattle fhould not be fufFered to go into fuch places, 
at leaft during the fpring. For i am perfuaded, that later 
In the year they can diftinguifti thi3 plant by the fmell alone. 
