PAliT THE THIRD. 



CHAP. I. 



Of th£ Plants of Spitzbergen. 



Generally tlie figures of the plants I here present you with,^ 

 were all drawn by the life, upon the place, when they were 

 fresh and of their natural size, except the rock-plant with 

 but one leaf, and the plant like horse-tail, that stands by it, 

 which, because of their largeness, could not be well drawn 

 so big as the life. All the herbs and mosses grow upon the 

 grit and sand of the stones, where the water falleth down, 

 and on that side of the hill which the east and north winds 

 cannot easily come at. The plants owe much of their growth 

 to the dung of the birds. 



There were a great many small herbs, which for Avant of 

 time I could not delineate, but I propose to do it hereafter, 

 if God blesseth me with life and health when I make my 

 second voyage thither. 



I omitted the white poppy, whereof we stuck the flowers 

 in our hats ; the whole plant was about a sj)an long. 



Besides I have not mentioned the red sorrel, I mean that 

 which was shewed to me at Bremen by the Dutch gardener, 

 which was of the same size, but the leaves of that of Spitz- 

 hergen are red. 



I desire the courteous reader to accept at present of these 

 for a sample, to show him that on these rough, barren, and 



^ The author here refers to the nvimerous illustrations given in the 

 original work, most of which it has been deemed unnecessary to repro- 

 duce, 



