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complain of his situation so much as I 

 should have expected. 



It is impossible to examine the nature of 

 the inaccessible black rock over which the 

 water precipitates itself. 



Below this cataract is a salmon fishery. 

 A square net, made of wicker work, 

 placed at the height of an ell above the 

 water, is so constructed that the salmon 

 when once caught cannot afterwards es- 

 cape. 



Oak trees grow on the summits of the 

 surrounding rocks. At first it seems in- 

 conceivable how they should obtain nour- 

 ishment ; but the vapours are collected by 

 the hills above, and trickle down in streams 

 to their roots. 



In the valleys among these hills I picked 

 up shells remarkable for the acuteness of 

 their spiral points. Here also grew a rare 

 Moss of a sulphur-green colour*. 



From hence I hastened to the town of 



* This appears to have been Bartramia pomiformis, 

 Bryum pomiforme of Linnaeus. See Fl. Lapp n. 400. 



