LULEAN LAPLAXD. 265 



the Cirsium iniiuis (Serratula alpina), the 

 Cacalia (Tussilago frigichi), the latter not 

 in flower, and one kind of Botsko of the 

 Laplanders, called Bioernstut in Westboth- 

 nia (Angelica si/lvestris), which is the nar- 

 row-leaved species of Angelica, and re- 

 sembles the larger kind. Its general umbel 

 is destitute of an involucrum. My Lap- 

 land companion seized it immediatel}^ and 

 peeling the stalk, which had not yet flower- 

 ed, ate it like a turnip, as a great delicacy. 

 Indeed it tasted not unpleasantly, espe- 

 cially the upper part, which is the most 

 tender. This dainty is in great request 

 amongst the Laplanders. 



We arrived at length at Parki jau, a small 

 island, the northern side of which is planted 

 with forests of spruce fir, and the others 

 with woods of birch, by way of protection 

 to the corn. The colonist who resides here 

 informed me that the corn never suffered 

 from cold, as, besides the shelter afforded 

 by these plantations, tlie circumjacent wai- 

 ter moderated the degree of frost. The 



