[61] This appears by the Flora Suecica to be likewise a native of Upland.
[62] Linnæus's expression is, "they do not spring upon it with boots and spurs."
NORWAY.
I saw no flies in Lapland, but in Norway the houses are full of them. I was however no longer infested with swarms of gnats.
At the place where I stopped to rest after my fatiguing journey, they gave me Sword-fish (Xiphias Gladius) to eat, which very much resembled Salmon in flavour. It was of a large size, with a dorsal fin continued from the middle of the back to the tail.
July 12.
The next day it blew so very hard that I did not venture to leave this place by sea. I took a walk in the morning on the beach, it being low water, and noticed various marine productions. Several species of Fucus were attached either to stones or shells, as well as Ulvæ and Confervæ. Barnacles (Lepas Balanus and L. Balanoides) were seen sticking to large stones, at present left by the tide. I noticed also several univalve and bivalve shells of various sizes. The Strombus (Pes pelecani) with and without its dilated lip; also some small Crabs, and other things. I gathered a viviparous avenaceous grass (what this was cannot be ascertained). Here likewise I noticed several Zoophytes, and among them the three following Medusæ.
1. Medusa (capillata) of an octagonal