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passengers who passed over it. The colo- 

 nists use it to paint their window- frames 

 red- 



The eatable moss of Norway {Lichen 

 istandicus) was here of two kinds, the one 

 broad and scattered, the other in thick 

 tufts about three inches high. Both of 

 them are reddish towards the root, and 

 are certainly only varieties of each other. 



Near the water side I met with the nest 

 of a Sandpiper (Tringa Hypohucos), which 

 is one of the smallest of its genus. The 

 nest was made of straw, and contained four 

 eggs. The parent bird had flown away at 

 my approach. 



In the neighbouring forest grew a rare 

 little leafy Lichenoides^ of a fine saffron 

 colour beneath, and bearing on the upper 

 side flat oblong shields {Lichen croceus). 

 Also the Boletus perennis (described in 

 FL Lapp,), and a small white Agaric with 

 gills alternately forked and undivided. 



Adjoining to the cataract of Gransele 

 the strata in the left-hand bank appeared 



