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per one in-, ami many of the plants, yet cliielly Polygonum 

 and Salix, were distinctly marked by llie jaws oC this small 

 animal. Nevertheless I did not see during my stay here one 

 single lemming above the ground; nor did tlie musk-oxen show 

 up here during the whole of our long sojourn at the anchorage. 

 On the contrary the ground was in many places covered with 

 the footprints of wolves, and a few wolves that we saw at Var- 

 godden were making for this place. 



In the heath were dominant: Dryas odopetala f. minor, 

 Betula nana, Vaccinium uliginosum f. microphyllum and Arcto- 

 staphylos alpina. Among these were found in lesser numbers: 

 Chamaenerium latifolium, Papaver radicaUim, Dr aba alpina, 

 D. hirta, Lesquerella arctica, Arabis alpina, Saxifraga oppositi- 

 folia, Pyrola grandiflora, Pedicularis Idrsuta, Arnica alpina, 

 Polygonum viviparum, Oxyria digyna, Salix glauca v. subarctica, 

 Elyna Bellardi, Carex lagopina and Trisetum subspicatum. 



In the rocky-flat formation above Chamœnerium latifolium 

 and Arnica alpina especially attracted notice by their numbers 

 and the size of the flowers. The mountain-side itself was very 

 poor in vegetation, cross-furrowed as it was by clefts of wild 

 brooks, whose stony ranges and ditches also extended over 

 the foot of the mountain, where they appear, however, with 

 Jess force. 



Liverpool Land of Fame Islands (Chr. Kruuse). 



The coast of Liverpool Land stands, at the head 

 of the inlet, with a steep blutf, while the more southern coast 

 slopes down gently; on Jameson Land it is the reverse. Here 

 the head of the inlet is flat, whereas Neills Klipper farther 

 south descend abruptly to the sea with a step talus. This is 

 surely due to the condition of the currents in Hurry Inlet. 

 Along Liverpool Land the current runs in-shore at flowing tide, 



