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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    T33 no way be compared with our Swedish ones. I here refer especially to the Southern parts and around London, for farther north in England also, they are sharper. The snow seldom lies more than two or three days on the ground. Cows, horses, sheep and other animals here go out the whole vvinter, and feed on the grass which stands green and flourishing the whole year through. There is no month in the year in which they cannot plough and sow the fields. November, December, January, February and March are seldom so cold that any frost, tjäla, could prevent them from tilling the ground, for which reason also there are found set forth in English agricultural books what ploughing and duties in the fields, åkersyslor, they have to perform in each of these months. There is no one here who knows what a sled, släde, is; because the snow seldom lies so long that anyone would be able to use one. Sledge, which Lexicographi make in English the same as släda in Swedish, is nothing but a släpa. How it is farther north, I leave there.* The winter comes here very late and goes away very early, if at least I can call it winter, for the English winters are commonly sucli as September in Österbotten and October in Stockholm. From such a climate and so mild winters an English farmer or Landtman derives many advantages, which a Swedish Bonde, does not enjoy. An English farmer escapes the greater part of our winter charges, Vinter-körslor. The mild winters enable him to use sticks instead of logs for fuel, Ris i stället för ved til bränsle, and make it unnecessary for him to [T. I. p. 15g] employ a great part of the winter in sawing up wood, til veds körning. His * The Sled is used on the Pennine Chain, For a sketch of one form see Studies in Nidderdale ” Glossary, s.v. [J. L ]
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