38 THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. [chap. 



round. The region would however be very healthy, did not 

 scurvy, especially in humid winters, attack the population. 



THE CLOUDBERRY (rUBUS CHAMMMORUS, L.). 



Fruit of the natural size. Flowering stalks diminished. 



3. A^ardoe (70'' 22' N. L.) ; 4. Enontekis and Karesuando, on the i-iver 

 Muonio, in the interior of Lapland (68° 2G' N. L.). 



Tromsoe. Fnthiilm. Varrloe. Enontekis. 



January - 4-2° -2 7° -6-0° -13-7° 



February - 4-0 -4-7 -6-4 --17-1 



March - 3-8 -3-2 -5-1 -11-4 



April - 0-1 -0-9 -1-7 - 6-0 



May + 3-2 +2-7 +1-8 + 0-9 



June + 8-7 +7-5 +5-9 -f 8-0 



July +11-5 +9-3 4-8-8 +11-6 



August +10-4 +9-9 +9-8 +12-0 



September +7-0 -4-5-8 -|-(v4 -|- 4-5 



October... + 2-0 -f 2 5 +1-3 - 4-0 



November - 1-7 -M -2-1 - 9-9 



December -3-2 -1-9 -40 -11-3 



The figures are taken from H. Mohn's Norges Klima (reprinted from C. F. 

 Schubeler's VcvxtUvet i Norge, J^\\x\iii\a,mi\, 1879), and A. J. Angstrom, Om 

 lufttemperaturen i Enontekis (Of vers, af Vet. Akad. Forhandl., 1860). 



