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27- Saliv villosa, with sessile ovate 

 leaves. It is a humble plant. (S. lanata.) 



28. Subterraneous willow, with orbicular 

 concave leaves, male. {Saliv hcrhacea.) 



29- Female of the same, with red fruit. 



30. Veronica scrpyllifolla, upright, with 

 a blue flower. (F. alpina.) 



The lofty mountains, piled one upon 

 another, showed no signs of volcanic fire, 

 but were covered with stones, all of a 

 fissile kind, and by that means easily di- 

 stinguishable. From the snow, which lay 

 so plentifully on these mountains as to 

 coverhalf the ground, waterwas continually 

 running down in streams like so many 

 springs, or like rivers cut through the deep 

 snow, for the refreshment of travellers» 

 We found it very good. 



The little alpine variety of the Ptarmigan 

 (Tetrao Lagopus) was now accompanied 

 by its young. I caught one of these, upon 

 which the hen ran so close to me, that I 

 could easily have taken her also. She kept 

 continually jumping round and round me; 

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