and Eriophorum alpinum. On my return, I
remarked on the opposite side of a large lake,
a small conical hill, of a red color, looking almost
as if it were then in a state of fusion. It
appeared to me, that, to arrive at this, I had
only to go round the east end of the lake, instead
of the west, and that, by so doing, I could
come into my old track again; but, after walk-
ing a great deal out of my way to reach the
east end, I met with a deep and rapid torrent,
which emptied itself into the lake, and? td my
great disappointment, impeded my farther
progress. To recompence me, 1 found growing
in this torrent a plant, which I recollected
having seen in Mr. Turner’s collection/under
the name of Rivularia cylindrica of Wahlen-
berg, who gathered it in Lapland, but has not,
I believe, yet published it;, it grew here
seven or eight inches long, and was attached
by a small expanded disk to the rocks at the
bottom of the stream. Although now not
more than half a mile from this little red
hill, I was compelled to turn back, and, after
getting round the west side of the lake, I
hastened to my home, which I reached at
twelve o’clock.
Sunday This morning Mr. Phelps, Mr. Sa-
juiy2.. vigniaC5 and, myself, went in a boat
to the Lax Elbe, or Salmon River, a small
stream that falls into Reikevig Bay, about
six miles east of the town, thus called, on
account of the quantity of that fish that
frequent it. Mr. Phelps’ object was to look
at a water-mill, which, he understood, had
been erected near the mouth of it; but of
which we found little more than the skeleton;
for the Danes, who had planned it, never
finished the execution of it. During the
voyage, • we were amused with the number
of eider-fowl that were swimming about in
all directions, with their young, and we also
saw several Swans and Mergansers (Mergus
serrator), besides many black Guillemots
(ColymbusTroile), and abundance of seals
were continually playing within the reach
of gun-shot from our boat. Near the mill,
a causeway of stones had been formed across
the river, with three openings, in which were
boxes for catching the salmon as they return
down the river from spawning. Twenty
were taken by these means in one night,
and so plentiful were they in a pool a little
below this spot, that in a few minutes one