Kalm's account of his visit to England : on his way to America in 1748 / translated by Joseph Lucas ; with two maps and several illustrations.

  • Pehr Kalm
Date:
1892
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Credit: Kalm's account of his visit to England : on his way to America in 1748 / translated by Joseph Lucas ; with two maps and several illustrations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The 25th June, 1748. Källare och rum under gator. Cellars and rooms under strcets. Notwithstanding the size of London, still they are careful that no spot of ground shall be left useless and waste. In many places there are passages from houses down under the Street to the cellars and other rooms which have been built under the Street. In one place and another they had dug up one half of a Street, and were then engaged either in walling round an old cellar or in building an entirely new one. Under several of the squares there were also built cellars or other rooms. [T. I. p. 472.] Små gårdar vid hvart hus. Small yards to each house. At nearly every house in the town there was either in front towards the Street, or inside the house and building, or also in both places, a little yard. They had commonly planted in these yards and round about them, partly in the earth and ground itself, partly in pots and boxes, several of the trees, plants, and flowers which could stand the coal-smoke in London. They thus sought to have some of the pleasant enjoyments of a country life in the midst of the hubbub of the town. The 26th June, 1748. Huru Sallad tilrcdGS. How Salad is prepared. Englishmen commonly prepare their salad thus: They take Lactuca, lettuce, and throw away the outer coarser leaves, because they are bitter, bäska. Likewise the coarsest of the stalks are rejected. These lettuce-leaves are cut to pieces very coarsely; afterwards, a little fine salt is taken, two or three knife-points’ full, more or less,
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