lo8 LYCKSELE LAPLANU. 



neither sufficiently frozen to bear them, 

 nor open enough to be navigated ; so they 

 are under the necessity of wading fre- 

 quently up to their arms, and are half 

 dead with cold and fatigue by the time 

 they get to church. They must either un- 

 dergo this hardship, or be fined ten silver 

 dollars and do penance for three Sundays ; 

 which surely is too severe*. 



This day I found the very hairy variety 



of the Purple Marsh Cinquefoil (Comarum 



palustre) mentioned by Plukenet (t. 212, 



f. 2). The plants were of the last year's 



* This is no new instance of contrariety between 

 the tyranny of riian and the gospel of Christ, whose 

 *' yoke is easy and his burthen light." If these in- 

 nocent people were to complain of it to their spiritual 

 guides, they might be told, as on another occasion, 

 seep. 130. that " it was a trifle not worth thinking 

 about." We cannot here say with Pope, 



" The devil and the king divide the prize," 



but we may presume that the fine is considered as no 

 ]e3s indispensable an atonement than the penance. — 

 Pity that such tractable sheep should not be better 

 worth shearing ! 



