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one pair without their offering to move. The 
unevenness of the country did not admit of a 
nearer approach, but it was not possible for me 
to drive them away, except by urging my dog 
to go up to them, and him they suffered to come 
within a distance of scarcely more than twenty 
yards, before his barking at length compelled them 
to take flight. Both these, birds and the ravens 
do much mischief to the flocks of sheep, par¬ 
ticularly by carrying away the young lambs. We 
still continued along the shore, and, in our way, 
rode at the foot of a most romantic cliff, broken 
into a variety of picturesque forms, and here and 
there adorned with tufts of birch and various 
kinds of willows, while the numerous rills of 
water, which poured down the sides, afforded 
nourishment to a thick covering of moss, that 
added a richness to the coloring. On this grew 
the beautiful Epilobium angustifolium, and I 
also gathered Ligusticum scoticum , though with 
its flowers scarcely expanded. Soon after, among 
some loose soil by the side of a river, I found 
the Papaver nudicaule in full flower. Early in 
the afternoon we reached Leera, where our friend 
the sysselman, who was in expectation of us, 
afterwards joined our little party to Reikevig. 
In the evening, as we approached Inderholme, we 
saw, at a considerable distance, entering the bay 
