100 LYCKSELE LAPLAND. 



Plover {Charadrius Hiaticula), the Red- 

 wing (Tiirdus iliacus), the Lumme {Co- 

 lymhus arcticus)^ the Tufted Duck (A?ias 

 Fidigula), 



Also a few insects, as Dytiscus natator, 

 &c. 



, The forest was rendered pleasant by the 

 tender leaves of the Birch, more advanced 

 than any I had hitherto met with, owing 

 to the rain which had fallen the Saturday 

 preceding, and the sunshine of this and 

 the foregoing day. 



The banks of the river are composed of 

 sand or small pebbles ; on the latter the 

 water had deposited a blackish stain. A 

 little before we reached the church of 

 Lycksele, the fourth waterfall presented it- 

 self. This is more considerable than any 

 of the three preceding, falling over a rock. 

 On its brink the curate had erected a mill, 

 which in this mountainous spot wanted no 

 artificial dam, as Nature had prepared one 

 in the most complete manner. 



Tile adjoining mountain consists of a 



