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rish of Pithoea some pencil lead, or lead- 

 like mica (black lead) which blackens the 

 fingers. 



The weather continued extremely fine, 

 which in the opinion of the common peo- 

 ple portended a good harvest. 



June 25. 



Sunday. — After divine service, I took 

 leave of Lulea, in order to proceed to 

 Lulean Lapmark, and arrived at the river 

 of Lulea. I was informed that the sal- 

 mon, which remain all winter in the Western 

 Ocean, proceed gradually, as spring ad- 

 vances, up the river to this place to spawn. 

 They enter the river. about the middle of 

 May, and reach this part of it by mid- 

 summer. Hooks have been found sticking 

 in the side of some of the fish, which proved 

 their having been here before. 



The Subularia, a new Melampyriim*^ 

 and Pedicularh {sylvatica) with a white 



* What this was does not appear. M. pratense 

 and sylvaiicum only have been found in Lapland. 



