LYCKSELE LAPLAND. Ill 



of that kind of plant, they assured me it 

 was what they meant, which is very plenti- 

 ful in their forests, and is called Kowall*. 



In the school here were only eight 

 scholars. 



I procured at Lycksele a Laplander's 

 snuff-box, which is of a round figure, 

 turned out of the horn of a reindeer. 



The church of Lycksele, built of timber, 

 was in a very miserable state, so that when- 

 ever it rained the cons-re nation were as wet 

 as if they had been in the open air. It had 

 altogether the appearance of a barn. The 

 seats were so narrow that those who sat on 

 them were drawn neck and heels together. 



Here was a woman supposed to labour 

 under the misfortune of a brood of frogs in 

 her stomach, owing to her having, in the 

 course of the preceding spring, drunk water 

 which contained the spawn of these ani- 



* Linnaeus has mentioned this circumstance in hii 

 Flora LapponicQ) n. 240, where he confounds Me- 

 lampyrum pratense and sylvaticum together as one 

 species. 



