Ground plants: Ledum decumbens , Empetrum nigrum , Arctostaphylos alpina , Loiseleuria procumbens , and various lichens, including Cladonia .
— from The Barren Ground Caribou of Keewatin by Francis Harper
The bearing and descriptive details here given point clearly to the plain of the Great Pamir and Victoria Lake, its characteristic feature.
— from The Travels of Marco Polo — Volume 2 by Rustichello of Pisa
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