i So THROUGH THE FIELDS WITH LINNAEUS 



of LuleS. Half-way between SvarlS, and Harns I met 

 with the (Pedicularis) Sceptrum Carolinum, first observed 

 by Professor Rudbeck. This stately plant was not yet 

 in flower. It grew in a dry soil. Near Harns is found 

 a fine handsome blue clay, in some measure fireproof; also 

 a rare kind of iron ore/ He notes the purple Pinguicula^ 

 June 29, in LuleS-Lapland and ' a Pinguicula the 

 fore-part of whose petal was white, the hind part 

 blue, which is certainly a beautiful as well as singular 

 variety. The little alpine variety of the ptarmigan 2 

 was now accompanied by its young. I caught one of 

 these, upon which the hen ran so close to me that I 

 could easily have taken her also. She kept continually 

 jumping round and round me ; but I thought it a pity 

 to deprive the tender brood of their mother ; neither 

 would my compassion for the mother allow me long 

 to detain her offspring, which I restored to her in 

 safety. 



' I embarked on the LuleS River, which I continued 

 to navigate upwards for several days and nights, having 

 good accommodation both as to food and boat. After 

 three days and nights we reached Quickjock. 



' My companion was a Laplander, who served me 

 both as servant and interpreter. Few persons are 

 met with on these alps who speak Swedish, and I 

 had already suffered much in the Lapland part of 

 UrneS for want of knowing the language. Nor was 

 a companion less required to assist me in carrying 

 1 Butterwort. 2 Tvtrao Lagopus. 



