CONCERNING LAPLAND,, 263 
fee pines and birches. From Kautokeino as far as the mountains 
you lofe fight of the pines, and the birches alone remain. At 
Alten you again fee a few pines; but from Alten to the North 
Cape, you perceive nothing but birches, and thefe become fcarcer 
the nearer you approach the North Cape : 
Rara, nec hsec felix in apertis eminet arvis 
Arbos—— 
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