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*ing Island, all the nioiintain slopes were green ; though, 

 there were large spots of low, woody bushes, namely, 

 willow, bh'ch, and bilberry. The willow was the 

 common and only kind met with here, the Salix arctica 

 (Pall.) ; and in connexion with its very strong growth 

 is the fact that the rings formed in the stem every 



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year had attained .06 of an inch, whilst, as a rule, they are 

 not more than from .004 to .012. Fruit we frequently 

 met with. 



" As regards the birch, thick bushes stood alongside the 

 old moraine, rising to the height of from two to three feet ; 



