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Ciipe Lister, 2ide Juli 1822 (Journal &c. p. 185). 



>'The foast liere luiving clianged its mounlaiuous cliaracler, 

 and become more level towards tlie soutli and west, we were 

 enabled to reådi llio top ol' tlie cliff, ^\llioh was only 300 or 

 400 teet high , and lo travel aloag its brovv to tlie vvestvvard. 



.... The brovv of tlie clifl", inslead of soil and verdure, 

 presented eitlier a naked or lichen-clad pavement of loose 



angular stones Bordering tlie sea. tliese stoues vvere 



alinost emeloped iu a covering of black licliens : but on ascen- 

 ding over a sheet of siiow lo a superior eminence, tlie licbens 

 became mucli less abundant. Tlie almost total want of soil 

 was an elfectual preventive to verdure : tlie vegetation was 

 therefore confined to a few hardy licbens . vvith an occasional 

 tuft of tlie Andromeda tetragona, Saxifraga oppositifolia. Papaver 

 nudicaide, and Ranunculus nivalis<'. 



Cixpe Svvaiiison, 24de Juli il. c. p. I88l. 



«]\umbers of winged insects, liovvever, vvere mel witli, parli- 

 cularly on the bilis among tbe stones. These consisted of 

 several species of butterflies, vvith bees, and mosquitoes! JNear 

 tbe beacli vvere several piants in flower. with a few tliat were 

 furtber advanced. and in state of fructiOcation. i obtained 

 beautiful specimens of Ranunctdus nivalis and Andromeda tetra- 

 gona^ two or tbree species of Saxifraga^ Epilohium, latifoliitm, 

 Potentilla verna^ kc. witb tbe Cochlearia anglica, Rumex digynus 

 and u species of Salix. The latter was the only arborous 

 plant met vvith. This willovv expands lo the extent of tbree or 

 four feet , or more. and grovvs to the thickness of the little 

 finger; yet so is it accommodated to the nature of the climate. 

 thai it only spreads laterally, never being observed to rise 



higher than two or tbree inches above tbe ground ^O 



sea-weed was seen on the beach, nor any shells ; but in deep 

 water, iiear the shore, both these productions vvere observed«. 



Cape Hope, 2.ide Juli (1. c. p. 204). 



«Tlie insects were numorous, consisting of mosfiuiloes. and 



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