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chap, immense plains were enamelled with the 
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< — rm — / greatest variety of flowers imaginable. The 
list of plants we collected is much too 
numerous for the text 1 . The earth seemed 
covered with the richest and most beautiful 
blossoms, fragrant, aromatic, and, in many 
instances, entirely new to the eye of a British 
traveller. Even during the heat of the day, 
refreshing breezes wafted a thousand odours, 
and all the air was perfumed. The skylark 
was in full song; various insects, with painted 
wings, either filled the air, or were seen 
couched within the blossoms. Advancing near 
to the Don, turtle-doves, as tame as domestic 
pigeons, flew around our carriage. The pools 
were filled with wild-fowl; dogs, like those of 
the Abruzzo Mountains, guarded the numerous 
herds and flocks passing or grazing. Melons 
of different sorts flourished in the cultivated 
(l) Androsace Septentrionalis — Centauria myriocephala — Stipa pen- 
•nata — Cerastium — Lithrum Virgatum—Asclrpias Vineetoxicum — Lark- 
spur, Delphinium Ajacis — Vic'ut Pannonica. Also the following, well 
known in England: Meadow Clary, Salvia pratemis — Gnaphalium 
dioieum — Wood Crane's-bill, Geranium sylvaticum — Gevm Urbanum — 
Mouse-ear Scorpion Grass, Myasotis Scorpioides — Cucubalus Otites 
(grows on Newmarket Ilcath) — Sisymbrium amphtbium (along the 
banks of the Cam) — Yellow Rocket, Bitter Winter Grass, Erysimum 
barbaria. 
