The lakes in this part of the country do not afford you so many plants as farther south.
Their bottoms are clear, and destitute of vegetation. Their shores are no less barren.
No Nymphae, no water docks, grow about their borders, but the surface of the water
is covered with Ranunculus bearing round as well as capillary leaves, and whitening the
whole surface with its blossoms. The lake appears covered in snow. Though it is not so.