Dingersjö

This location is mentioned in the following paragraphs:

(§133) The boundary between Hälsingland and Medelpad lies between RÖDE in Gnarp and the DINGERSJÖ inn. It is marked by 2 posts, one standing on each side of the road. I noticed immediately that 'Erica' [Heather] became rather less common and was supplemented by 'Myrtillus baccis nigris' [Blaeberry]. Birch trees also became more abundant, and to my left there lay big grey hills. Throughout the whole district, stones the size of 2 fists lay in a jumble below the cliffs along the road. Not having been disturbed, they were all greyish-green from a thin covering of moss.

(§135) As I approached the inn at Dingersjö I saw the large 'Aconitum hirsutum gales angusta' [Northern Wolfsbane]. The farmers call it "giske" or "gisk" and it was as common as heather for the rest of the day. Cattle do not eat it and it therefore grows in great profusion where other plants are grazed off; it also has a better chance of spreading. We can see from this that the dumb animals have learnt from nature what is useful or injurious to them without anyone teaching them; man, on the other hand, has not.

(§136) There is a fairly high hill called NYÅKERSBERG, very steep on its southern side, lying immediately north of Dingersjö. The local people have made a hop garden there. Since hops will not flourish in other locations, they thought that this hill would provide them with a high enough wall to force the plants against. They were right, too, for the hops grow well since the north wind cannot touch them and the warm rays of the sun are concentrated here as if through a lens. The hill lay on the right-hand side.

Practical data about this location:

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• GPS (lat,lon): [62.27467, 17.37994]
• Geoname: 2717730