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Andromeda^, in the marshes, were more 

 abundant than any thing else. Indeed we 

 meet with few other plants than Vaccinium 

 Myrtillus and Vitis-Jdcea, Arbutus Uva- 

 Ursiy Ledum palustre, Sec. The same may 

 be said of the upper part of Lapland. 



The spiders had now spread their curious 

 mathematical webs over the pales and 

 fences, and they were rendered conspicu- 

 ous by the moisture with which the fog had 

 besprinkled them. 



The Red-wing [Turdus iliacus)^ the 

 Cuckoo (Cucuhis canorus), the Black Grous 

 (Tetrao Tetri.r), and the Mountain Fnich 

 (Fringilla Montifr inbilla), with their va- 



* It is a curious circumstance that Linnaeus in his 

 MS. here has the word Daphne ; but his remark is 

 not in any respect applicable to that genus, and he 

 evidently can mean only Andromeda polifolia. He 

 had not as yet named either of these genera m print. 

 The origin of Andromeda will be explained hereafter, 

 and the 'fanciful idea which gave rise to it had not 

 perhaps at this time occurred. He therefore now 

 either intended to call this plant Daphne, or he acci- 

 dentally wrote one name by mistake for the other, 

 havine; both in his mind. 



