JOURNEY TO OLAND AND GOTLAND 201 
a sugar factory and a tobacco spinning shop, operated 
by children. Though dust troubled them afterwards 
on the roads, the boundaries of Smaland were reached, 
where the peasants spoke the dialect familiar to 
Linnaeus in his boyhood. Vaxjo was visited, and 
Linnaeus hastened to call on his old teacher Rothman, 
and others. Hence the journey was rapid to Kalmar, 
but food was hard to get, and only by entreaties at the 
apothecaries could they procure any. They had been 
able to gather morels in the forests. 
Their intention was to cross over the Sound on the 
next day, but a succession of cloudy, cold and dreary 
days, with strong winds following, the travellers 
hardly ventured out of doors, much less crossed the 
sea. Nevertheless on their short excursions they 
were successful in finding near the castle, a plant 
locally called “ Mannablod ”—man’s blood—which 
proved to be Sambucus Ebulus , our own “ Dane- 
wort.” 
The bad weather continued, but tired of Kalmar, 
they resolved to pass over to Fargan, a small town 
in Oland, which they soon reached, aided by a strong 
south-west wind, and stayed there for three weeks. 
They at once saw that the island was different from 
the mainland, and few naturalists had previously 
collected there save O. Rudbeck, senior, gathering 
Helianthemum celandicum and Euphorbia palusiris , 
and the physician J. Linder hurriedly taking Adonis 
v ernalis and Viola odor ala. 
In splendid weather, the party passed on to 
Borgholm, where Linnseus was delighted to see a 
multitude of orchids; here too, a quarry which yielded 
pavement stones (flags) and many fossils was in¬ 
spected. Next, the west coast southward was 
searched,* where they found fine woods and abund¬ 
ance of flowers. One tired with the world’s shifting 
state and desirous of enjoying a quiet retreat, could 
not find a more agreeable one. 
On the 6th June they reached Kastlosa. Here 
