I had scarcely travelled a quarter of a mile beyond the river when I observed a red earth close to the road, which promises to be very useful in painting, if it should prove sufficiently plentiful, and capable of being cleansed from its impurities. The people at the next post-house informed me that the same earth, but of a much better quality, was found in the parish of Norrbo.
The Common and Spruce Firs (_Pinus sylvestris_ and _P. Abies_) grow here to a very large size. The inhabitants had stripped almost every tree of its bark.
A number of small white bodies were hanging on the plants of Ling (_Erica_), of a globular form, but cut off, as it were, though not open, on the lower side, each about the size of a Bilberry (_Vaccinium Myrtillus_), and consisting of a thin white silky membrane. A small white insect was lodged within.
There were also affixed to some plants ovate white bodies of a silky texture, apparently formed of innumerable silky threads. These contained each a small insect.
A little further on I observed close to the road a rather lofty stone containing in its substance large fragments of _mica_.
At last to my great satisfaction I found myself at the great river Liusnan. From this part of the forest to the sea the distance is three miles. Here and there in the woods lay blood-red stones, or rather stones which appeared to have been partially stained with blood. On rubbing them I found the red colour merely external, and perfectly distinct from the stone itself. It was in fact a red Byssus (_B. Jolithus_).
Many sepulchral mounds are in this neighbourhood.
Not far from Norrala, situated about a mile from the last post-house, the water in the ditches deposits a thick sediment of ochre.
Several pair of semicircular baskets made of wicker work were placed in the water, intended principally to catch Bream (_Cyprinus Brama_). Here I observed the Lumme, or Black-throated Diver (_Colymbus arcticus_), which uttered a melancholy note, especially in diving.
From Norrala I proceeded to Enänger, through a heavy fog, as it had rained violently while I rested at the former place. Towards evening it thundered and lightened. In the course of this whole day's journey I observed a great variety in the face of the country as well as in the soil. Here are mountains, hills, marshes, lakes, forests, clay, sand, and pebbles.