. First forms of vegetation. Botany; Cryptogams. LICHENS. iSS more plentiful, but more largely developed in all its varied forms in Norway than in Iceland, and it is in Norway that it is now almost exclusively collected for the European market. Those who have read the affecting account which Franklin and Richardson give of their expedition to Arctic America, must be familiar with the name of the Tripe de Roche, which occurs on almost every page, and is intimately associated with the fearful sufferings which these brave men endured,. Fig. 14—Gyrophora cylindrica. ifl) Enlarged portion. a part o
. First forms of vegetation. Botany; Cryptogams. LICHENS. iSS more plentiful, but more largely developed in all its varied forms in Norway than in Iceland, and it is in Norway that it is now almost exclusively collected for the European market. Those who have read the affecting account which Franklin and Richardson give of their expedition to Arctic America, must be familiar with the name of the Tripe de Roche, which occurs on almost every page, and is intimately associated with the fearful sufferings which these brave men endured,. Fig. 14—Gyrophora cylindrica. ifl) Enlarged portion. a part of which only would have sufficed to unseat the reason of most individuals. During their long and terrible journey from the Coppermine River to Fort Enterprise, one of the stations of the Hud- son's Bay Company—a journey to which, I venture to say, there are few parallels in the annals of human hardship—in the almost total absence of every other kind of salutary food, their lives were supported by a bitter and nauseous lichen, to. 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 Macmillan, Hugh, 1833-1903; Macmillan, Hugh, 1833-1903. Footnotes from the page of nature. London, Macmillan
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