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ers, even in the more technical part of 

 his science. What we are now to lay be- 

 fore them gives a promise of his taking a 

 high rank amongst writers of a superior 

 and more generally interesting class, one 

 of those in short who touch upon no sub- 

 ject without enriching it. 



Dr. Wahlenberg's remarks are divided 

 into eight sections, each of which describes 

 a separate line of elevation. 



1. On approaching the Lapland Alps 

 (Fjäll), we first arrive at the line where 

 the Spruce Fir, Pimis Abies, ceases to 

 irrow. This tree had previously assumed 

 an unusual appearance ; that of a tall slen- 

 der pole, covered from the ground with 

 short, drooping, dark branches; a gloomy 

 object in these desolate forests ! The Ru- 

 bus arcticus had already, before we ar- 

 rived at this point, ceased to bring its fruit 

 to maturity. With the Spruce we lose the 

 Rosa cinnamomea, Convallarla bifoUa,8cc.; 

 and the borders of the lakes are stripped 



