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
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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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![escape him, after he had once caught sight of it. All his ships were of oak. His strong castle on the land made him and his ships safe, if any naval power, sjö-magt, should attempt to chastise him. In outward appearance he was very handsome, was somewhat cruel, grym, especially towards the captives, whose [1.1. p. 371] hea(ls he very often had cut off for his amusement. He died when he was only 30 odd years old, and left his trade to his brother, and to his sons, whom he had by his many wives. The 25th April, 1748. Description and use of the White Stone which is here called Portland Stone. This kind of stone is much used, particularly in London and the neighbourhood, for house building and other purposes, and takes its name from the Isle of Portland. It is a white, or white and slightly inclining to yellowish, and sometimes a grey stone, a species of lime- stone, and is very like the Freestone which has been described above at Tatternel, in Bedfordshire. Doubtless it has the same origin as this. In this Portland Stone there is also found a very great abundance of oyster and mussel shells, and other testacea. It has also the property that when it is sawn or broken, it smells strongly of stink- stone, orsten. Everywhere in London where there are masons’ yards, one sees earls, who sit and saw this stone asunder into different shapes. Their saw, which they use for this purpose, looks exactly like any other saw, but has no teeth, instead of which they employ sand, which effeets the same purpose as teeth. The operation is thus: they take the sand which is found here near London, and sift it tolerably fine. After that it is blended with a little clay moistened with water, laid on a board, which is placed above the stone they intend to saw, so that the board slopes towards the score, skåran, or ri/t, remnan, which the saw makes. On the upper side of](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24857026_0041.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
