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growth, and their hairiness the more con- 

 spicuous ; but it is a mere variety. 



The Laplanders never eat but twice aday, 

 often only once, and that towards evening. 



On the banks of the river, where frag- 

 ments are to be found of all the produc- 

 tions of the mountains, I met with silver 

 ore. 



The insects which fell under my observa- 

 tion this day were the great Black Humble- 

 bee (Apis terrestris), the Wasp, the Gnat 

 (Culex pipie?is), and the Flesh Fly (Musca 

 carnaria). 



June 5. 

 On the mountainous ground adjoining 

 to the river I met with an herbaceous plant 

 never before observed in Sweden. The 

 flowers were not yet blown, but appeared 

 within a few days of coming to perfection. 

 I opened some, and found them of a papi- 

 lionaceous structure. The tip of the stand- 

 ard, as well as of the keel, which was 

 cloven, had a purplish hue. The whole 



