C02 l-AST BOTH LAND. 



evening at the posthouse of Jo. This part 

 of the country Ues very low, abounding Mith 

 marshes and numerous small rivulets, but 

 few liills. There is plenty of grass. The 

 buildings are bad. The forests consist 

 chiefly of Birch, intermixed with the acifo- 

 Z/c? (slender-leaved evergreens). Of these last 

 the Juniper ^^as remarkable for its abnn- 

 tlance and large size, so as to be almost ar- 

 borescent. The Birch and the dwarf Wil- 

 lows had now become pale, but the Sorbus 

 (Mountain ash, Fyrus aucuparia, Fl. Brit.) 

 had assumed a red hue, as well as all the 

 mosses. (Pedicular is) Sceptrum Caroli- 

 mnn appeared every where by the road- 

 side. Tlialicirum (jiavum) and Scutellaria 

 (galericulata) were less frequent, but Gol- 

 den-rod (Solidago J irga aurea), Trollius 

 (europciUf>), (Spircea) Uhnaria, and Epilo- 

 Hum {paluslre?) were plentiful, as was the 

 sweet MiUuin (eff'usu?}f), v.ith the Gramen 

 ramosuni (probably Aim cccspitosa.) 



The inhabitants were in their smoky 

 huts, with their eyes full of smoke, and the 



