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mild and pleasant to the taste, entirely without the bitter- 

 ness of Cetraria, etc. Indeed, it was sweetish, with a slight 

 flavor of licorice and of sago, far from unpalatable at any- 

 time, and to a starving man, no doubt, a boon from heaven. 

 It is less abundant in the north country than the reindeer 

 moss, but yet of general distribution and to be found in 

 great quantities and at all seasons of the year. 



Ledum palustre. 



Ledum 



groenlandiciun 



or Labrador Tea. 



Rock-tripe is the food that saved the life of Sir John 

 FrankHn and Dr. J. Richardson on their long and desper- 

 ate journey for three months, in the summer and autumn 

 of 182 1, on foot from Fort Enterprise to the Polar Sea and 

 back. The record of that expedition shows that when they 

 were out of game, as soon happened, their diet was varied 

 with burnt bones when they could find them and toasted 



