Excerpt from Kalm's Account of His Visit to England: On His Way to America in 1748 English portion has never before been translated. It is totally unknown in this country, but far transcends in completeness and accuracy of description any work of its age on England known to the present translator. Kalm's work in England was carried on from four centres: Graves end, London, Woodford, and Little Gaddesden. Few subjects have escaped his scrutiny; but whether social or natural, town or country, each has been described With the minute and delicate accuracy of a man of keen observa tion, of refined taste, and of high scientific training. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.