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ing face through excessive affliction, so does the rosy- 

 coloured flower hang its head, growing paler and paler 

 until it withers away. Hence, as this plant forms a new 

 genus, I have chosen for it the name of Andromeda. 1 



'All the woods and copses by the way abounded 

 with butterflies of the fritillary tribe without silver 

 spots. An elegant little blackish butterfly, besprinkled 

 with snow-white spots like rings, smooth and lustrous on 

 the under side, was very plentiful in the paths. The 

 great dragon-fly, with two flat lobes at its tail, and 

 another species with blue wings, were also common. 



4 The poorer Laplanders rock their infants on 

 branches of trees. 2 In the part of the country where 

 I was now travelling the cradles rock vertically, or from 

 head to foot. 



'I now entered the territory of Pitea". Here I 

 met with kind entertainment from Mr. Solan der, the 

 principal clergyman of the place.' 3 [He shot and 

 sketched a Striae ulula, which was too much damaged 

 to allow of stuffing.] ; Just at sunset on June 151 

 reached the town of Old PiteS, having crossed the 

 broad river in a ferry boat. Immediately on entering 

 the town I procured a lodging, but had not been long 

 in bed before I perceived a glare of light on the wall of 



1 Linnaeus has carried the fanciful analogy farther in his Flora 

 Lapponica : ' At length comes Perseus in the shape of Summer, dries 

 up the surrounding water, and destroys the monsters, rendering the 

 damsel a fruitful mother, who then carries her head (the capsule) 

 erect.' 



2 ' Hushaby, baby, on the tree-top.' 



* Father of Dr. Solander the naturalist. 

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