Jämtland

This location is mentioned in the following paragraphs:

(§918) The dean's wife (of whose reliability I am certain) told me how she had seen people collect and boil the large 'Aconitum' [Northern Wolfsbane] and eat it like cabbage in the Björsjö inn in the parish of Torps in Medelpad. This had terrified her since they use the root for killing flies in Jämtland, but the woman who was cooking it scoffed at the dean's wife and claimed that this was a plant that really should not be avoided.

(§941) It is usually colder in the mountains than in the country in general, eg. the Jämtland mountains are colder than Torneå even though they are 670 miles farther south. The reason for cold is, thus, not solely proximity to the pole but also the height of the land, and careful note of this should be taken. This is why the flora of northern Lapland survives the cold and why there is snow on the Alps in Italy.

Practical data about this location:

• Written: Jämtland
• GPS (lat,lon): [63.43333, 14.06667]
• Geoname: 2703331