. The Arctic prairies, a canoe-journey of 2,000 miles in search of the caribou; being the account of a voyage to the region north of Aylmer Lake. Deer hunting. 240 THE ARCTIC PRAIRIES sands of lakelets, millions of ponds that are marvel- lously blue, clear, and lifeless. But a new force is born on the scene; it attacks not this hill or rock, or that loose stone, but on every point of every stone and rock in the vast domain, it appears —the lowest form of lichen, a mere stain of gray. This spreads and by its own corrosive power eats foot- hold on the granite; it fructifies in Uttle black velvet
. The Arctic prairies, a canoe-journey of 2,000 miles in search of the caribou; being the account of a voyage to the region north of Aylmer Lake. Deer hunting. 240 THE ARCTIC PRAIRIES sands of lakelets, millions of ponds that are marvel- lously blue, clear, and lifeless. But a new force is born on the scene; it attacks not this hill or rock, or that loose stone, but on every point of every stone and rock in the vast domain, it appears —the lowest form of lichen, a mere stain of gray. This spreads and by its own corrosive power eats foot- hold on the granite; it fructifies in Uttle black velvet. Bugle moss Lichens Cetraria spots. Then one of lilac flecks the pink tones of the granite, to help the effect. Soon another kind follows —a pale olive-green lichen that fruits in bumps of rich brown velvet; then another branching like a tiny tree —there is a ghostly kind like white chalk rubbed lightly on, and yet another of small green blots, and one like a sprinkling of scarlet snow; each, in turn, of a higher and larger type, which in due time prepares the way for mosses higher still. In the less exposed places these come forth, seeking the shade, searching for moisture, they form like small sponges on a coral reef; but growing, spread and change to meet the changing contours of the land they win, and with every victory or upward move, adopt some new refined intensive tint that is the outward and visible sign of their diverse inner excellences and their triumph. Ever evolving they spread, until there are. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946. New York, C. Scribner's Sons
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