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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    Fisk-måsars nytta, etc. Use of Seagulls in Gardens. Mr. Warner had four seagulls, Fisk-måsar, in his garden, two of which were of the common sort, and the tw o others a little larger and blacker, which he had got rom Newfoundland, in North America, where they occur wi d in abundance. He had had one wing of each clipped, so that they could not fly away. These gulls wandered everywhere about in the kitchen garden, and sought out eart -worms, met-maskar; Erucas, caterpillars ; frogs, Grodor; snails, Sniglar ; and many other little beasts mjurious to kitchen gardens and garden plants, which ey ate up. When the gardeners, arbets-karlarna, were digging up the earth at any place, they followed close after them, and plucked up all earth worms, and coarser insects which the earls in turning over the earth heaved up to the day. In a word, they cleared the gaiden industriously of many injurious things without in any way doing harm to the plants more than that they °nce and again trampled on them, which, however, did not matter at all. The only food which they were given was either pieces of raw meat or slices of wheat-loaves. hey were so tame that even if they were at the farthest end of the garden, and Mr. Warner called “ Gull, Gull,” 10m his window, they came directly, kommo de strax, meamng, of course, to get somethingto eat. Those which had come from America were very savage, arga. When anyone ran after them they turned round [T. I p qcö] to fight at hugga emot, and if one then sprang away rom them, they leapt or flew for some distance after mm. Orsak til tufvor på ängar. The origin of hillocks on meadows. In one meadow and another I saw small hillocks of about a foot high, and the same diameter. When I dug into M 2
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