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with in Iceland. I much regret the loss of these 
two pamphlets, as they contained, not only a 
complete account of the mode of preparing the 
Fuci for food, but also a very accurate represen¬ 
tation of the three species, from drawings (if I 
mistake not) made by the Tatsroed himself. 
Sunday, This morning, I visited the more 
une 25, elevated parts of the countiy about 
Reikevig, and found them composed wholly of 
broken, and generally small, pieces of rock, for 
the most part perfectly barren; in other places, 
here and there, were some patches of vegetation, 
among which I met with a few interesting plants. 
Vaccinium uliginosum was abundant, and its 
charming blossoms delighted me much, as I had 
never seen it in a good state before. Dryas 
octopetala, of which the inhabitants gather the 
leaves and make a sort of tea of them, was every 
where extremely common, but hardly in flower, 
and the same was the case with Lychnis alpina . 
A remarkably woolly-leaved Salix , which I took for 
lanata , and two or three other species of stunted 
growth, were the only plants that elevated them¬ 
selves to the height of even five or six inches 
from the ground. Saxifraga (triscuspidata ? 
FI. Scandin.) grew plentifully among the rocks; 
Splachnum vasculosiCm and mnioides sparingly; 
but I was most pleased with a fine new species 
