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flower, occurred to me at Sunnerby. The 

 white bog-moss (Sphagnum palustre) pow- 

 dered, is applied to excoriations in the skin 

 of young children. Towards evenmg I 

 found in a sand-hill a loose kind of sand- 

 stone containing three per cent of iron. 



June 26. 



I gathered G ramen paleaceum [Juncus 

 hiifoniiis), both kinds oiTetrahit (Galeopsis 

 Tetrahit and G. versicolor, Fl. Brit.), 

 Geranium {sylvaticum) with a pale white 

 flower. At Bredacker I noticed the Conyza 

 (Erigeron unijiorum or JE. acre), the pur- 

 ple-flowered Millefoil (Achillea Millefo- 

 Hum), and the Cirsium (Carduus hetero- 

 phyllus.) 



The Laplanders boil all their meat very 

 thoroughly, and treat their guests with 

 grease, by way of dainty, which is eaten 

 with a spoon. They milk their reindeer 

 twice a day. Each gives not more at a 

 time than half a pint, or at the utmost 

 three quarters. 



