44 ICE-BOUND ON KOLGUEV 
Besides these birds we found the red-necked and the 
grey phalarope, and in their stomachs were the remains 
of mosquito larve. So J knew we should be troubled 
with this enemy when the sun grew hot. 
Of flowers we came at once on Mardosmia frigida, a 
well-known Arctic plant, and 
saw the dead remains of a 
Potentilla and of a large um- 
=~" bellifer. The cloudberry which 
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we left in flower at Tromsé 
at fae" only showed a small green 
shoot at long intervals. The 
cranberry was just pushing a 
few green leaves through the 
moss. In Saxon Lake I saw 
what I took to be the dead 
remains of a Potamogeton, and 
THE CLOUDBERRY. 
I looked in vain for the A/zppuris which was so abun- 
dant at Tromsé. I made notes on many other plants, 
but as none of them have popular names, or I do not 
know these where they exist, I shall be better advised 
to leave them all to my chapter on flowers. 
We saw no human beings, nor any very recent signs 
of their presence. But we did come upon old sleigh and 
reindeer tracks, also upon beacons built up of drift-wood 
(which was very abundant), and circular furrows round 
rises where chooms had evidently stood. 
Also I pointed out to Hyland a place where stones 
