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and fishing-places, where nothing is to be 

 caught, unless by those who come unex- 

 pectedly. Their discourse moreover ran 

 on that useful sort of witchcraft by which 

 a thief is put to his wit's end and detected. 

 The origin of these fables may partly be 

 traced in history, and the rest is to be at- 

 tributed to invention. 



The fishes of this neiohbourhood are the 



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Crusian (Cyprinus Carassiiis), the Miller's 

 Thumb {Cottiis Gobio), the Bream {Cypri-- 

 nus Brama), the Asp (Cyprimis Aspitis) 

 called in this part of Lapland Kuroupck, 

 the Stäm {CyprinuH Gris/agi/ie), the Three- 

 spined Stickleback {Gasterosteus aciileatus)^ 

 the Laxakel, a species of Trout (can this 

 be the small or young Salmon, mentioned 

 in Fauna Suecica n.34i3?), the Rud {Cy~ 

 prinus erytlirophthalmus), and the Holken 

 (what this last is I know not). 



In the island of Longoen, three miles 

 from Old Pithoea, I was lucky enough to 

 find, growing under a Spruce Fir, the Coral- 

 rooted Orchis {Ophnjs coraJlorrliiza^ Eiigh 



