LӒBY, 8 1/4 miles. In the forest here we saw numerous bearberry plants already coming into flower. We also came upon a large pinewood, quite barren since the plants of the earth were being smothered by a layer of dry needles, except for some ‘Erica’ [Heather] and ‘Muscus pariet. coralloides’ [moss]’.12 The topsoil here was scarcely 2 fingers thick and below it lay pure sand.