PROCEEDINGS OE THE NATIONAL MUSEUM 



VOL. 80 



* * * It is traversed by numerous valleys and ridges and low gaps 

 * * *. Nearly all the volcanic cones with which the central part of the 

 island is in great part covered * * 

 weathered as yet. 



present well-formed craters but little \ 



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174-° 



170" 



166° 



IbZ" 



170' 



166 



Figure 1. — Map of the Bering Sea region, showing the location of St. Lawrence 

 Island with reference to Asia and North America 



All the surface of the low grounds * * * ig covered with wet, spongy 

 tundra of mosses and lichens, with patches of blooming heathworts and dwarf 

 willows, and grasses and sedges, diversified here and there by drier spots, 

 planted with larkspurs, saxifrages, daisies, primulas, anemones, ferns, etc. 

 These form gardens with a luxuriance and brightness of color little to be hoped 

 for in so cold and dreary-looking a region. 



