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red setas on each side of the extremity of the abdomen, which 

 was shorter, and wanted the long filaments. Perhaps it was 

 only the other sex, as, according to Milne Edwards and John- 

 stone, these appendages are peculiar to the females. Those 

 which we found with filaments were evidently females, from 

 the bunches of ova beneath the abdomen. 



l^tk. — We passed the Island of Fugeloe, which we viewed 

 with much interest, as being one of the various spots on the 

 Norwegian coast, where the skeletons of whales are said to occur 

 on the summits of mountains. Unfortunately we were outside 

 a dangerous reef, and could not land to visit it. With the 

 telescope we could discern nothing of the kind ; but this might 

 be owing to the highest ridges being still covered with snow. 

 The sunset, if it may be so called, was the most beautiful we 

 had yet seen. At midnight the sun was considerably above 

 the horizon, and the sky was literally without a cloud. The 

 whales and gulls were as numerous and active as during the 

 day, and it is difficult to know when these creatures sleep in 

 summer time. 



1 5th. — This morning we found ourselves just entering Soroe 

 Sund, between the islands of Soroe and Lopper. Here we 

 observed several insects flying over us, amongst which were a 

 Tipula and a large dragon-fly. The sail up Soroe Sund is 

 extremely beautiful. On one side, the rocky and barren shores, 

 Soroe, with the little town of Hasvig ; and on the other, the 

 lofty mountains of the island of Seyland, crowned by a mag- 

 nificent glacier, which in some places descended the ravines 

 almost to the water's edge. To such of us as had never been 

 in Switzerland, the sight of the clear green ice projecting 

 through the snow, was novel and interesting. Being becalmed, 

 we resolved to land on the island of Soroe, and accordingly 

 went ashore a little north of Hasvig. As we approached the 

 shore we saw several eider ducks, and some others, but not 

 sufficiently near to discern the species. Landing on the rocks, 

 covered with sea weed, we immediately came upon a rich 

 carpet of Empetrum nigrum, Azalea procumbens, Comus suecica, 

 and Trientalis Europoea. Another boggy spot, in a low situa- 

 tion, was distinguished by more luxuriant vegetation, consisting 

 of Geranium sylvaticum, Polemonum cceruleum, Epilobium an- 

 cfustifolium, Sonckus alpinus, Lotus corniculatus, &c. &c. 

 Here also, our first personal introduction to the insects of 



