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Chapter XVIII. For eight months out of twelve every trace of 

 vegetable life is completely hidden under a blanket of snow six 

 feet thick, and during six months of this time, at least, animal 

 life is only traceable by the footprints of a Reindeer or a Fox on 

 the snow, or by the occasional appearance of a Piaven or a Snowy 

 Owl wandering about the limits of forest growth, where it has 

 retired for the winter. 



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When the ice on the great 

 rivers breaks up, and the blanket 

 of snow melts away, vegetable life 

 awakes from its long sleep, and 

 for three months a hot summer 

 produces a brilliant alpine flora, 

 like an English flower garden run wild, and a profusion of 

 alpine fruit. Then various animals come forth from their winter 

 retreat, and the great tide of bird migration sets in. 



Although he did not succeed in discovering, as he had hoped 

 to do, the breeding haunts of the Knot, the Sanderling, and the 

 Curlew Sandpiper, Mr. Seebohm nevertheless met with many 



