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

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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$He said that among other things, the difference between a viper and a snake, Huggorm och en snok, was this that the viper when he sees that a human being wishes to strike him dead, always holds the head higher than the neck; but a snake in the same case holds it lower down than the neck. [Defer a note on North America.] [T. I. p. 408.] The 18th May, 1748. At hindra damm på gator. To prevent dust onroads. From the great drought which there had now been for several days there rose a strong and thick dust in the streets of the town; but still more outside the same from the grinding of horses, wagons and carts, so that one could scarcely open his eyes, så at en knapt .... kunde se up med ögonen, especially outside the town. To somewhat prevent this in the streets of the town, there were here and there men or boys who with shovels cast about the water which had come to run out of the pumps on to the Street, and thus made the streets wet. Those who had their shops close to each other, strax bredevid, where there was much wheel traffic, had the streets sprinkled in this way. On the places in front of the houses, platsar utanför hus, where people walked backwards and forwards, water was also spread for the same reason. [Defer the visit to Sir Hans Sloane.~\ [T. I. p. 40g.] The ig th May, 1748. [Defer Friesland, &c.] [T. I. p. 410] C edrus af Libanon burit frukt. Dr. Morlimer said that he had been out into the country to visit an acquaintance, where some cedar trees from Lebanon had been planted, one of which had now for the first time borne fruit and had cones, kottar. It was planted there$