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THE POLAR WORLD. 



as the lAtpinus ^ootkednus and the Rhododendron kamtschadalicum, decorate 

 these dismal regions with their brilliant color. The lively green of the mead- 

 oAvs reminds one of the valley of Urseren,.so well known to all Alpine tourists. 



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

 nance in the Flora which characterizes the frigid zone. 



A few deo-rees to the north of the Aleutian chain, which extends in a long 



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