Produced by Simon Gardner, Robert Connal, Chris Curnow, Jana Srna and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) Transcriber's Notes In this plain text version the UTF-8 character set is used to display uncode symbols. If you are unable to see the following symbols: βγε (Greek cursive characters [beta], [gamma] and [epsilon]) then you may need to select a Unicode font, or alternatively download a different version of this e-book. There is one instance of a symbol of a square with a dot in the centre is indicated [square with dot]. Italic typeface is represented by _underscores_; small caps typeface is represented by ALL CAPS. Inconsistent spellings, punctuation and hyphenation have been retained as in the original text. Changes made to the text in the case of typographical errors are listed at the end of the book. * * * * * _Lachesis Lapponica_, OR A TOUR IN LAPLAND, NOW FIRST PUBLISHED FROM THE ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT JOURNAL OF THE CELEBRATED LINNÆUS; BY JAMES EDWARD SMITH, M. D. F. R. S. ETC. PRESIDENT OF THE LINNÆAN SOCIETY. IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I. "Ulterius nihil est, nisi non habitabile frigus." OVID. _LONDON_: PRINTED FOR WHITE AND COCHRANE, HORACE'S HEAD, FLEET-STREET, BY RICHARD TAYLOR AND CO., SHOE-LANE. 1811. * * * * * TO THOMAS FURLY FORSTER, ESQ. FELLOW OF THE LINNÆAN SOCIETY. _My dear Sir,_