In the evening I strolled out from the post-house at Bumoen towards the sea side in search of natural productions. The brooks close to the shore swarmed with innumerable little oval _Notonectæ_ (Boat-flies), no bigger than nits (_N. minutissima_); as well as with the lesser ovate _Dytiscus_, shaded with grey, and known by its blunt cloven _sternum_. (_D. cinereus._) On the beach multitudes of black insects without wings, and half covered with shelly cases, were running about. (Probably _Cimex littoralis_.) There were also abundance of _Ephemeræ_ (May-flies), all which had two prominent fore feet, and three bristles at the tail. I caught several, thus rendering their transient existence still shorter. They were of two species, one larger, of a blackish hue, with dark clouded wings (_E. vulgata_); the other about half as large, with a blackish thorax, and white wings. (This does not agree with any species in the _Fauna Suecica_.) Not far from the shore, on a small elevation, where the trees and underwood had lately been burnt down, grew the Strawberry-leaved Bramble (_Rubus arcticus_) with jagged petals, a remarkable and elegant variety. (See _Fl. Lapp. t. 5. f. 2_.) _June 14._ It rained very hard in the course of this day, as well as in the preceding night. The cornfields hereabouts vary in soil, being sometimes clay or sand, sometimes a good mould, and often a mixture of all three. In general they yield some kind of a crop, whatever the weather may be, except it should prove severely cold, which is the ruin of the country. The forests are beautiful, consisting of Spruce Fir, Common Fir, and plenty of Birch, so that no part of Sweden is more pleasant to travel through while the summer lasts. The principal subsistence of the inhabitants is derived from selling deals. The price is sixteen silver styvers (about three English farthings each) for a dozen of deals. Tar is sold at six dollars, copper money, a barrel. I wish those who deny that certain plants are peculiar to certain countries could see how abundantly the Birch, the Lapland Willow, the Strawberry-leaved Bramble, the Cloud-berry (_Rubus Chamæmorus_), and the Thyme-leaved Bell-flower (_Linnæa borealis_) flourish in this district, and how the _Ranunculus acris_ entirely covers the pasture lands with its brilliant yellow flowers. On arriving at the post-house of Sunnanaen, I was gratified with the view of a fine river, and the very neat little town of Skelleftea, consisting of two principal streets and several cross ones, with a church. The houses are about three hundred and fifty or four hundred, and their white chimneys give them a cheerful aspect. I was informed that every peasant in the parish had a house of his own in the town, for the use of his family during festivals[45].