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(§147) The road lay more or less beside the sea the whole way. I noted with compassion the beached fragments of unfortunate vessels that had been unable to propitiate Neptune with either promises or sacrifices, prayers or complaints, tears or sighs; and I recalled the student who had been so put to the test by Neptune that he preferred to travel the whole way to Stockholm on foot via Österbotten, Torneå, Västerbotten etc. rather than entrust himself to a malicious and inconstant Neptune for one or 2 days.
(§229) When I requested food in the evening, they set before me the breast of a capercaillie, shot last autumn and roasted then. It did not look particularly good and I did not expect it to taste any better, but I found quite the reverse, for it tasted delicious. I wondered at the foolishness of all those people who, when they have more fowl than they need, let it go bad - as often happens in Stockholm. I observed with pleasure how poverty is the best teacher of all when it comes to knowing how to use God's good gifts. After the breast has been plucked, cleaned and separated from the the other parts, it is cut lengthwise on each side of the keel of the breastbone. Then it is salted with a little salt for a few days, after which the underside is sprinkled with some flour to prevent it sticking. Next, after they have been baking, they put it in the oven to dry slowly, and after that it is hung up under cover in an outhouse to dry. It is left there and keeps perfectly well even if it is stored for 3 years.
(§406) 8th June. Day of Obligation. Umeå. Whereas the ague is fairly rare up here, St Anthony's Fire is so common that everyone complains of being afflicted by it. In Uppsala and Stockholm they have the ague, in Lund severe fevers that end in the ague.
(§426) Hans Person, the farmer in VEBOMARK, had known nothing about this. It was his father who had first discovered the hill and set off for Stockholm with a sample but people got him drunk, took away his stones and replaced them with granite. This farmer would be glad to point out the right place if he were contacted. I had intended to travel there myself even though it was so far out of my way but, when I learned that he was away from home repairing roads, I did not consider it worthwhile.
(§507) Dyers use a soaking solution of bearberry leaves, by which means they save a great deal of alum - many barrels of which are sold in Stockholm annually.
(§701) The fine, sparkling and delicious water here is completely dependent on the snow. Snow preserves water as salt preserves meat. It is obvious that the longer water stands in the heat the more it spoils, and vice versa in the cold. The Lapps treasure this water as if it were the most delicate wine. I have seen people in Stockholm who, following the Portuguese fashion, are beginning to drink water, but there is a difference as regards both the water and the heat. Here it tastes extraordinarily delicious. When I was sailing in Norway I noted with amusement how my Lapp servant took water from the sea with a scoop as soon as he got hot. He was going to drink it in his usual manner but, of course, he got salt water instead of fresh. The Lapps always carry a large ladle with them with which, as soon as they get dry and hot, they drink water to refresh themselves without any fear of becoming ill. I did the same thing. And if this splendid water did not exist, no one could travel here - indeed, it would scarcely be possible to live here since both Bacchus and Ceres are unknown; Venus, however, is not affected by the cold. Most rivers and springs have their origin in the mountain snow-water and, therefore, when it is warm in the mountains the rivers run to twice or even three times their usual size.
(§894) Reindeer are not slaughtered in the same way as other animals are, as described in Stockholm, Småland etc. Here the animal is tied with a halter and the Lapp takes his spear and stabs it in the chest behind the shoulder so that the heart is penetrated. As a result of this, all the blood collects within the chest and none runs out. When the animal is skinned, the blood is found to have clotted in the pectoral cavity; they whisk it up later. Rich Lapps do not use the brain but the poor boil it together with blood to make soup. All of them throw away the testicles. The penis is used for pulling sledges.
(§997) Daniel Cajanus, the tall Finn in Stockholm, was born in Österbotten where his father was a curate. When he was born he was no bigger than anyone else and was actually rather weak, especially in the chest, until he was 12 to 15.2
(§1011) Daniel Cajanus, the tall Finn in Stockholm, was born in Österbotten where his father was a curate. When he was born he was no bigger than anyone else and was actually rather weak, especially in the chest, until he was 12 to 15.2
(§1024) 5. They do not agree on a price when the trader receives the goods from the farmer but, when the trader returns home from Stockholm, he enters in his book the approximate price (or whatever suits him) the goods fetched in Stockholm and pays the farmer according to that.
(§1103) There was a great deal of timber lying on the shore waiting to be transported to Stockholm.
Practical data about this location:
- Written: Stockholm
- GPS (lat,lon): [59.33258, 18.0649]
- Geoname: 2673730