202 THE VOYAGE OF THE VEGA. [chap. 
a rich watered tundra, full of marshes and streams, and therefore 
presenting a very green appearance. In order to meet with the 
Samoyeds we now went westwards, passing several rivulets which 
cut deeply into the land and had high hanks, until after half an 
hour’s walking we came to abroad but not very deep river, which 
it was impossible to ford. We therefore returned to our boat with 
the view of seeking a landing-place on the other side of the river; 
but as the Lena s distance from land was considerable and the 
breeze was freshening, the captain considered that the time at 
our disposal did not permit us to undertake so long an excursion. 
So far as we may judge from our hasty visit, the vegetation 
on this part of Yalmal struck us as being remarkably abundant. 
The high banks especially were richly covered by phanerogamous 
plants and lichens, and would have deserved a closer examination. 
Our cursory observations of the plants here may however be 
interesting for comparison with the flora of Beli Ostrov; we 
collected and noted the higher plants ^ and about 4 0 species of 
lichens. Nordquist found that the fauna resembled that of the 
neighbouring island, and collected besides two species of 
Coleoptera. 
After lying 26 hours in the sound we weighed anchor again 
and went westwards, following a channel with ten to sixteen 
metres water. W"e could not find its course farther to the east, 
and were compelled, although we were near the eastern extremity 
of Beli Ostrov, to turn in order to pass out through the western 
entrance of the sound. We saw a quantity of stranded ice on 
the north coast of the island, which, seen from the sea, did not 
present any dissimilarity to the part which we had visited. On 
the 7th August we arrived at Port Dickson.” 
From Lieutenant Hovgaard’s report on this excursion, a map 
^ These according to Dr. Kjehman’s determination are : 
Saxifraga cernua L. 
„ c8espitosa L. 
Coclilearia fenestrata R. Bn. 
Draba alpina L. 
Ranunculus sulphureus Sol. 
,, nivalis L. 
,, pygm^us Wg. 
,, lapponicus L. 
„ borealis Trautv. 
Stellaria Edvvardsii R. Br. 
Salix glauca L. 
Arctophila pendulina (L^st.) And. 
Catabrosa algida (Sol.) Fr. 
„ concinna Tii. Fr. 
Dupontia Fislieri R. Br. 
Calamagrostis lapponica L. 
Carex salina Wg. 
,, rigid a Good. 
Eriophorum russeolum Fr. 
Luzula arcuata Sm. f. hyperborea 
R. Br. 
Lloydia serotina (L.) Reichenb. 
