 | Dawson Turner - 1802 - 246 páginas
...fometimes even the flags have been obferved, after a ftorm, to defcend from the mountains to the fea-fides, to feed upon this plant. Linnaeus informs us, that...inhabitants of Gothland in Sweden, boil this Fucus in water, and mixing therewith a little coarfe meal or flour, feed their hogs with it ; for which reafon... | |
 | Dawson Turner - 1802 - 458 páginas
...fometimes even the flags have been obferved, after a ftorm, to defcend from the mountains to the fea-fides, to feed upon this plant. Linnaeus informs us, that the inhabitants of Gothland in Sweden, boil this Fucu* in water, and mixing therewith a little coarfe meal or flour, feed their hogs with it; for which... | |
 | James Arbuthnot - 1815 - 258 páginas
...informs us, that the inhabitants of Gothland, in Sweden, boil this fucus in water, and, mixing therewith a little coarse meal or flour, feed their hogs with it ; for which reason they call it Swine-tang. Dr. Russel found the saponaceous liquor or mucus, in the vessels of this plant, to be... | |
 | Sir William Jackson Hooker - 1821 - 624 páginas
...to the shores at the recess of the tide to seek for it ; and sometimes even the deer have been known to descend from the mountains to the sea-side to feed...the inhabitants of Gothland, in Sweden, boil this Fuciis with water, and, mixing with it a little coarse meal or flour, feed their hogs with it ; for... | |
 | 1839 - 352 páginas
...to browse upon it in winter, as soon as the tide leaves it within their reach. 94 USES OF SKA-WEED. to descend from the mountains to the sea-side to feed upon this plant. Linnaeus tells us, that the inhabitants of Gothland boil this plant in water, and mix it with meal to feed their... | |
 | James Edward Smith, Sir William Jackson Hooker, Miles Joseph Berkeley - 1844 - 896 páginas
...shores at the •receding of the tide to seek for it ; and sometimes even the deer have been known to descend from the mountains to the sea-side to feed...it a little coarse meal or flour, feed their hogs upon it ; for which reason they call the plant Swiniang: and in Scania, he says, the poor people cover... | |
 | Charles Alexander John - 1849 - 200 páginas
...the shores at the receding of the tide to seek for it ; and sometimes even the deer have been known to descend from the mountains to the sea-side to feed...that the inhabitants of Gothland, in Sweden, boil it with water, and, mixing with it a little coarse meal or flour, feed their hogs upon it; for which... | |
 | Charles Alexander Johns - 1846 - 202 páginas
...sea-side to feed upon this plant. Linnaeus informs us that the inhabitants of Gothland, in Sweden, boil it with water, and, mixing with it a little coarse meal or flour, feed their hogs upon it; for which reason they call the plant Swintang, or Swine-tang ; and in Suavia, he says, the... | |
 | 1847 - 282 páginas
...with the ashes, and when so dried require no salt. Sometimes stags have been observed, after a storm, to descend from the mountains to the seaside, to feed upon this plant, which they relish greatly. When burnt in the open air a black salt powder was the result, to which... | |
 | American Medical Association - 1854 - 686 páginas
...the shores at the receding of the tide to seek for it ; and sometimes even the deer have been known to descend from the mountains to the seaside to feed upon this plant. Linnffins informs us that the inhabitants of Gothland, in Sweden, boil this fucus with water, and,... | |
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In the isles of Jura and Skye it is frequently a winter food for cattle, which regularly come down to the shores at the •receding of the tide to seek for it ; and sometimes even the deer have been known to descend from the mountains to the sea-side... 