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THE POLAR WORLD. 



as the Jjupinxis nootkeamis ami the Ilhododeiulron kamtseJiadcdicum, decorate 

 tlicse dismal regions with tlnir l)rilliaiit color. The lively green of the mead- 

 ows reminds one of the valley of Ursereii, so well known to all Al])ine tourists. 



The mosses and lichens begin already at Unalaska to assume that predomi- 

 nance in the Flora which characterizes the frisxid zone. 



A few degrees to the north of the Aleutian chain, which extends in a long 



