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verdure of the herbage, and the song 
of birds.” 
In another place, after ascending and 
descending some of the Lapland alps, 
he says, “When we arrived at the plains 
below, how gratefid was the transition 
from a chill and frozen mountain, to a 
warm and balmy valley t I sat down to 
regale myself with strawberries. In¬ 
stead of ice and snow, I was surround¬ 
ed with vegetation in all its prime. 
Instead of the blustering wind so lately 
experienced, soft gales wafted around 
us .the grateful scent of clover and va¬ 
rious other plants. In the earlier part 
of my journey, I had experienced a 
long-continued spring, whose steps I 
pursued as I ascended the Lapland hills; 
then unremitting winter and eternal 
snow surrounded me: summer at length 
was truly welcome. Oh! how most 
lovely of all is summer here!” 
It was in speaking of this very tour 
