Ge by Dai? Bs RuRipGn Bs Ne 
Cochl. Greenlandica, Sp. Pl. 904: Polytrichum commune, Fl. Lap. 395: Bryum 
Fiypnoides, Fl. Lap. 396: Bryum Trichoides? Dill. 391 5 Mufec. tab. 50, fig. 61: 
Bryum Hypnoides? Dill, Mufc. 394, tab. 50, fig. 64, C: Hypnum Aduncum, Sp, 
Pl. 15923 Fl. Suec. 879, 1025: Fungermannia Fulacea, Sp. Pl. 1601: Fung. 
like the Lichenaffrum Ramofius, fal. trif. Dill. Mufc. 489, tab. 70, fig. 15: Li- 
chen Ericetorum, Fl. Lap, 936, 1068: L. Iflandicus, 959, 1085-: L. Nivalis, 
~ 446: L. Caninus, 441: L. Polyrhizos, Sp. Pl. 1618; Fl. Suec. 1108: L. Pyxi- 
datus, F\. Lap. 428: L. Cornutus, 434: L. Rangiferinus, 437: L. Globiferus, 
Lin. Mantiff. 133: L. Pajchalis, Fl). Lap. 439: L. Chalybeiformis, Sp. Pl. 16235 
Fl. Suec. 988, 1127: and the Fucus Saccharinus ? Fl. Lap. 460; Mart. Spitz. 
tab. F. fig. 6. 
It is matter of curiofity to trace the decreafe of vegetables from our own ifland 
to this fpot, where fo few are to be found. They decreafe with the numbers 
of herbivorous animals, and the wants of mankind. The following catalogue 
may not be quite juft, but is probably pretty near the truth: 
Perfect, Imperfe&. Total. 
England has con 1,124 _ 590 =_ 1,714 
Scotland — 804 428 — 1,232 
The Orknies — 354 = 144 — 498 
Sweden _ 933 _ 366 _ 1,299 
Lapland ne B79 8 FP ESR 534 
Iceland —_ 309 —_— 233 —_ 542 
Thole of Spitzbergen are given above. 
The three terreftrial quadrupeds of thefe iflands are confined here without 
pofibility of migration. The Polar Bears pafs the greateft part of the winter in 
a torpid ftate: appear in numbers at the firft return of the fun, when, probably, 
they take to the ice, in queft of their prey, Seals, or dead Whales. 
‘It is difficult to account for the means which the Foxes find for fupport, as 
the ifland is deftitute of birds during the whole winter; and, the bays being totally 
frozen up, they can find no fubfiftence from the fea. Perhaps they lay up pro- 
vifion for winter, on which they fubfift till the arrival of the birds in Afarch 5 at 
which feafon they have been obferved firft to quit their holes, and appear in 
multitudes *. The Rein Deer have at all times their favorite /ichen, which they 
can readily get at, by help of their palmated horns, 
Watrusss and Seals are found in great abundance; the latter are often the 
obje&t of chace, for the fake both of oil and fkins : the Ruffians make voyages on 
® Churchill, ive 819. 
m purpofe, 
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