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a specific ; but it is a very fallacious one. 

 For the headache a small bit of the afore- 

 said fungus is laid on the place where the 

 pain is most violent, and, being set on fire, 

 it burns slowly till the part is excoriated. 

 This therefore is the M(Kra of the Lap- 

 landers. In case of a prolapsus uvulce they 

 cut oW the protuberance with a pair of 

 scissars. For the colic or belly-ache they 

 rub the nails with salt, besides which they 

 administer oil internally. 



I here satisfied myself about the native 

 species of Angelica, which are two only, 

 not three. The Bioernstut is Angelica 

 sylvestris, the Botsk A. Archangelica. 

 (See Flora Lapponica, n. 101, 102.) 



The bountiful provision of Nature is 

 evinced in providing mankind with bed 

 and bedding even in this savage wilderness. 

 The great Hair-moss (Poli/trichinn com- 

 mune) called by the Laplanders Romsi, 

 grows copiously in their damp forests, and 

 is used for this purpose. They choose the 

 starry-headed plants, out of the tufts of 



