Near the river I noticed the _Pinguicula_, and every where hereabouts the Least Cotton-rush (_Eriophorum alpinum_).
The people here, who dread their children should be marked with that kind of spot called _Eldmarke_, which resembles a burn, as soon as the umbilical cord is cut, rub some of its blood upon the face, hands and breast of the infant, by way of prevention.
I was here told of a specific to destroy House Crickets (_Gryllus domesticus_), which consists of grated carrots mixed with arsenic. This they eat greedily, and are all infallibly poisoned.
We passed the night in a large sailing-boat upon the river, in which we had performed the chief part of this day's expedition.
In the morning we continued our voyage to Storbacken a mile and half distant, from whence we were afterwards obliged to walk five miles to Jockmock. This day indeed we only reached Pajarim[54], where we slept all night in a smoky hut, ventilated merely by holes in the roof.
I found in the woods the (_Erysimum_) _Barbarea_, with a stem four feet high, but its leaves were neither so broad, nor so much auricled, as in the garden plant. Crooked pine trees were to be seen in several places, the under side of which is always as hard as box-wood, and this part is used for naves of wheels and the bottoms of sledges. Such wood is called _kior_.
[54] The author in his _Flora Lapponica, n. 13_, mentions having found his _Pinguicula villosa_ growing among Bog-moss, _Sphagnum_, near this place, and in no other. This plant is not noticed in the manuscript Tour.
Near Storbacken, at the confluence of the great and small rivers of Lulea, is the boundary mark between Lapmark and Westbothnia.
As soon as I entered Lapmark, the hill which forms a promontory betwixt the two rivers afforded me the following plants.
The Sorrel lately mentioned (_Rumex digynus_) was here in blossom. The calyx is of two leaves; the petals two, perfectly like the calyx. Stamens six. Pistils two, in the same flower with the stamens, reflexed. Fruit compressed, with two, not three, angles. Some of its flowers were infected with smut, as in barley.
The Small Liquorice (_Astragalus alpinus_, see _p_. 159). Some plants had white flowers, tipped with a blueish hue; the others bore entirely purple blossoms.