

'OTajjUjr in the " Northern 



HEN a young man, Linnaeus travelled 

 over the greater part of Lapland, skirting 

 the boundaries of Norway. During this 

 journey he mentions, as one of the most 

 surprising and admirable sights he had ever beheld, 

 the phenomenon called The Midnight Sun. " I 

 proceeded," he says, " with all haste, in order, if it 

 were possible, to reach the Alps of Lulean Lap- 

 land in time to see the sun above the horizon at 

 midnight, which is beheld there to the best advan- 

 tage. I reached those mountains shortly after 

 Midsummer-day, and on my first ascending those 

 wild Alps I felt as if I were in a new world. Here 

 were no forests to be seen, but mountains upon 

 mountains, larger and larger as I advanced, all 

 covered with snow. No roads, no tracts, nor any 

 sign of inhabitants, were visible. The declining 

 sun never disappeared sufficiently to allow any 

 cooling shade; and by climbing to the more elevated 



