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11. Black slate from the alps. 



12. Petrified corals from Norway. 



13. Iridescent fluors from the alps. 

 The fish called by the Laplanders Sijk 



(the Gwiniad, or Salmo Lavaretus,) is 

 taken in their lakes. Its head terminates 

 in an obtuse point. The upper jaw is the 

 longest. Mouth without teeth. Iris of 

 the eye silvery, with a blackish upper 

 edge, and a black pupil. The whole body 

 is silvery, blackish about the back, eleven 

 inches long and two deep. Head two inches 

 long at the sides ; from the snout to the 

 dorsal fin four inches and a half. The dorsal 

 fin consists of thirteen rays, of which the 

 first is by fair the largest, and the last 

 cloven or interrupted. The soft fat fin is 

 in its proper place. 



July 21. 



The following are the disorders or incon- 

 veniences to which the reindeer are subject. 



When the frost is so intense as to form an 

 impenetrable crust on the surface of the 



