174 LYCKSELE LAPLAND. 



observe that in the ensuing summer always 

 to bear a proportion. 



The colonists settled in Lapmark sow a 

 great deal of turnip seed, which frequently 

 succeeds very well and produces a plentiful 

 crop. The native Laplanders are so fond 

 of this root, that they will often give a 

 cheese in exchange for a turnip ; than which 

 nothing can be more foolish. 



At GrUno I met with perfectly white 

 flowers of the Dog's Violet (J iola canina): 

 also Bistorta alpina soboUfera, or more 

 properly perhaps vivipara (Polygonum vi- 

 viparum), as the bulbs had grown out into 

 small leaves. 



Rain fell in the night, accompanied with 

 thunder and lio-htnina;. 



June 7- 



Early in the morning I left GrUno, and 



in passing through the forest observed on 



tlie Jimipcr magnificent specimens of that 



gelatinous substance, about which and its 



