Below the town of Christina, I first found the _Lathyrus viciæformis_ (_L. palustris_), and Water Cresses, (_Sisymbrium Nasturtium_); also _Campanula persicifolia_ and (_Sedum_) _Telephium_. _September 28._ I was glad when I had done with the very bad road which extends from the Lappfierd near Christina, to Hwisbofiahl, towards Biorreborg; a highway it cannot be called, for it is exactly like the road between the town of Umoea and Granoen. (See _v._ 1. 141.) Near Sastmola I first recognised the _Acer_ (_platanoides_) and _Filix fœmina ramosa_ (_Aspidium Filix-fœmina_?) The road from Hwisbofiahl to Giolbohl lies along the coast. The grass here was remarkably tall, and full of all sorts of plants; as the _Ribes insipidum_ (_alpinum_), called by the inhabitants _Degbaer_, in the greatest abundance. (_Viburnum_) _Opulus_ and (_Lonicera_) _Xylosteum_ here first re-appeared after my long absence. N. B. The shrub which Mr. Hojer informs us grows on this island, with blackish-brown berries, may perhaps be the _Xylosteum_, as the colour of the leaves seemed to agree very well. (Were it not for the above indication of the colour of the berries, it might, from the _Flora Suecica_, be suspected that Linnæus had, in these two paragraphs, written by mistake _Xylosteum_ for _Periclymenum_.) The alpine Stone Bramble, _Rubus saxatilis_, was extremely plentiful; and the Cultivated Hop (_Humulus Lupulus_), growing wild, afforded me great pleasure, as I contemplated its ingenious manner of curling round the Aspen trees (_Populus tremula_). Here also (_Anemone_) _Hepatica_, and the _Cracca_ with toothed wings (_stipulæ_) and striated flowers, (_Vicia sylvatica_,) as well as the _Orobus vernus_, once more greeted me. The grass with a dense spike-like panicle, whose stems serve for cleaning the inside of tobacco-pipes, (_Agrostis arundinacea_,) grows copiously in this part of the country; and reached higher than my head. The marshes abound with _Iris_ (_Pseud-acorus_) and with _Cyperus_ (probably _Scirpus maritimus_). The greater part of the road I had travelled hitherto from Kimi lay so near the shore, that, even in the woody parts of it, the sea was frequently visible through the forests. _September 29._ I travelled the whole of Michaelmas-day. When a Finlander has fired at a bear, he immediately runs to one side, for the animal, if not killed, is sure to run directly forward, towards the smoke; by which means the man escapes out of his reach. The peasants who reside near the cliffs or rising ground judge by the crows (_Corvus Cornix_), of the approach of bad weather; for these birds seek the marshy country in the evening, before it comes on. Ulvila churchyard seemed to abound with sculls. I reckoned forty of them in one heap. This churchyard is built round, after the old fashion.