128 LULEAN LAPLAND. 



projecting piece of wood, (like a direction- 

 post in England, as appears by the sketch 

 in the manuscript,) by means of which each 

 sheaf is lifted up. 



On a heath very near the river Sangis I 

 noticed some earth of a red colour. The 

 dry part of the forest which had been burnt 

 down, produced Reindeer-moss (Lichen 

 rangiferinuii) in such abundance, that the 

 whole face of the ground was covered with 

 it. 



The evening was fine when 1 reached 

 Zangis (or Sangis), where I took leave of 

 my native tongue. 



August 3. 



At sun-rise the marshes were all white 

 with hoar frost. In the preceding night 

 winter had paid his first visit, and slept in 

 the lap of the lovely Flora. I did not ob- 

 serve that she had suffered from her rude 

 visitor, except with regard to the Dracon- 

 tiiim (Calla palustris)^ the leaves of which 

 assumed a pallid aspect. The plants latest 



