10 ENTOMOLOGICAL TRAVELS IN NORWAY. 



Erigeron Alpmus, Primula Scotica and stncta, Gentmna 

 Amarella, tenella, nivalis; and on stony slopes grow the 

 delicate yoWo^ Papaver nudicaule, Saxifraga Cotyledon, and 

 Artemisia Norvegica (which unfortunately is fed on by no 

 Cucullia), 



Of the four post-houses and inns on the Dovrefjeld above 

 named, Jerkind (sometimes written Hjerkind or Hjaerkin) 

 is the most elevated and the best appointed ; it contains 

 upwards of twenty apartments for travellers, but, unfortu- 

 nateh' for an Entomologist, its situation is the worst. The 

 inns at Kongsvold and Drivstuen rival it in goodness, but 

 the latter of these is no longer in the Alpine region, and 

 harbours therefore a number of insects which do not occur 

 in other parts of the Dovrefjeld. Kongsvold is probably the 

 most conveniently situated mountain station for a naturahst, 

 since here the most fertile meadows, watered rocky ravines, 

 extensive places of bare rock, and lofty Alps decked with 

 snow-fields, are equally near and easily attainable ; however, 

 peat-mosses and lakes are wanting. 



Fokstuen, which is situated furthest to the south, has lost 

 the least portion of its national primitiveness through the 

 civilising innovations of pleasure-seeking tourists, but fur- 

 nishes good and cleanly lodging, only the fare is rather 

 monotonous, and one must accustom the stomach to daily 

 meals of milk, fladbrod and venerable cheese, varied only 

 with trout ; fresh meat not being attainable till August, when 

 the chase of reindeer and the shooting of ptarmigan is again 

 permitted. Around Fokstuen there are extensive marshes, 

 with many lakes of black-brown peat water, and impenetrable 

 willow thickets, though only from three to four feet high. 

 Fine collectincr-oTound also occurs here in the fir-Avood on 

 the slope towards Dombaas, as also in a narrow valley, oppo- 



