122 LYCKSELE LAPLAND. 



oi Juncellus aquaticus*, which now bore its 

 diminutive blossoms. I found ihree sta- 

 mens to each scale, with a style among the 

 upper ones, which was divided half way 

 down into three lobes. Some of the spikes 

 consisted only of stamens. The root is 

 particularly curious, being scaly, with an 

 entangled tuft of fibres under each scale, 

 which form the basis of the turf. 



The Laplanders are very fond of brandy, 

 which is remarkable in all people addicted 

 to fishing ; and there is nothing that the 

 Laplanders pursue with such ardour as 

 hunting and fishing. 



June I. 



We pursued our journey by water with 

 considerable labour and diflficulty all night 

 long, if it might be called night, which was 

 as light as the day, the sun disappearing 

 for about half an hour only, and the tempe- 

 rature of the air being rather cold. The 



* It must surely be the Scirpus ccespitosus oi which 

 Linnaeus here speaks. 



