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which are also much, more fruitful, especially in 

 Lyd Yaranger and Tanadalen. In Lyd Yaranger, 

 tliat portion of Bast Finmark which, lies on the 

 south side of Yaranger fjord, we meet with some 

 small fir and pine forests, the Oriental fir, birch, 

 alder, and willow, but, for the most part, large 

 tracts of heather and morasses. 



The great Tana river stretches above twenty- 

 six Swedish miles from S.W. to 1ST.E. to Polmak, 

 and from thence, six miles further, it flows into 

 Tana fjord, a broad, and, in seasons of flood, 

 a mighty river. On both sides of this river are 

 forests of fir and pine mixed together ; while on 

 the Norwegian frontier, birch, alder, aspen, 

 mountain-ash, and bird cherry take their place ; 

 and we then come to the real fells, whose tops are 

 covered with perennial snows, from both sides of 

 which fall many large rivers down into Tana 

 fjord. The whole tract on both sides of Tana 

 river is richer to the naturalist than any other 

 part of East Finmark. These large rivers silently 

 flowing through wide-stretched valleys, which are 

 flooded in the spring, but which in the summer 

 are covered with rank grass and willow bushes, 

 the deep birch forests thickly blended with many 

 species of willow, and the wild, solitary character 

 of the whole landscape, where human foot seldom 

 wanders, renders it a peculiarly fitting home for 



