464 NOTES OF A VOYAGE TO 



Norway took place, by our falling in with clouds of musqui- 

 toes, which were but too ardent in welcoming us to their 

 shores. A shady ravine afforded a few Salices, Polypodium 

 dryopteris, Aspidium dilatatum, and last, but not least, the 

 lovely Viola biflora. Pinguicida vulgaris and Rubus chamwmo- 

 rus were abundant, as were also Bartsia alpina and Pedicularis 

 lapponica, while the highest rocks were adorned with the neat 

 dense tufts and white flowers of Diapemia lapponica. On 

 the banks of a small lake I was delighted to find a large patch 

 of the beautiful Menziesia ccerulea, which I greeted with 

 pleasure, not merely from its rarity as a British plant, but 

 also as recalling to my remembrance in a foreign land, my 

 venerable friend whose name it bears. Among other insects 

 we noticed Carabus glabratus, Malthinus 1 species, Lesteva 2 

 species, ' Deporaus Betulce, Telephones 1 species, Allantus 2. 

 Ichneumones genuini 13, Ichneumones adsciti 5, Cinetus 1, 

 Pteromalus 1, Oulex abundant, Chironomus 3, Ceratopogon 1, 

 Molophilus brei'ipennis, Erioptera 1, Limnobia 2, Tipula 1, 

 Leia 1, Sciophila 1, Mycetophila 1, Molobrus 1, Rhagio sco- 

 lopaceus, Rhamphomyia 3, Dolichopus 1, Sphcerophoria 1, 

 Scwva 1, Anthomyia 12, Cordylura 1, Psila 1, Scatophaga 1, 

 Coelopa 1, Libellula 1, Nemoura 1, Zygwna Loti very abundant 

 and many Acari, under stones on the sea shore. On the rocks 

 and sea weeds I observed abundance of a small Littorina, and 

 dead shells of Cyprina Islandica and Pholas crispatus, and 

 the rocks were strewed with shells of Echinus esculentus, broken 

 by the gulls and hooded crows. I found many of these also 

 on the mountains, at a considerable elevation, and consider it 

 not impossible that abundance of sea shells, carried to elevated 

 spots by this means, may in some cases have led to the 

 idea of the level of the sea having sunk, or the land risen. I 

 do not, however, by any means wish to invalidate the truth of 

 this theory, which appears to have been established beyond 

 dispute. 



16th. The wind having died away, it was late in the after- 

 noon before we reached Hammerfest. This most northern 

 town in Europe is situated in a beautiful bay, completely land- 

 locked, and has a very pretty appearance from the water. A 

 closer inspection rather disappointed us, from the irregularity 

 of the buildings, although, taken individually, some of the 

 houses are large and handsome. The church is a very primi- 



