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THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. 



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comparison with the vegetation in sheltered valleys in the interior 

 of the country. There are found there too pretty high bushes, 

 but on the other hand trees are represented at Pitlekaj only by 

 a low species of willow which creeps along the ground. 





We did not, however, see even this "wood" in full leaf 

 For in order that full summer heat may begin it is necessary, 

 even here, that the ice break up, and this longed-for 



