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Arrival in Finland at the Town o f Abo— Account o f this City—■
The Library— The Univerfity— Admiral Heding— Farther Particulars
of the Town o f Abo its Sftufltion, Streets, Buildings—
The Cathedral— The Building of the Academy— The Harbour—
The Inhabitants o f Aboy their Trade and Commerce— The Cajlle,
•called Abo-hus — 205
CHAPTER XIV.
Departure .from Abo— Difficulty of Travelling without a fufficient
Quantity o f Snow— Tradì o f Country between Abo and Yervenkyle—
Condition of the Peafantry : tfeir Mode o f Life, Drefs, and
domefiic ■ Comforts— Meet with an old Minflrel— Contrivance of
putting a Sledge on Wheels— Defcription o f an Aurora Borealis—
Reach Yervenkyle— Account of this Hamlet— CataraB near Yervenkyle
: Appearance of it in Winter— Little Birds (Turdus Cinc-
tus, Lin.) near the. Catarads in Winter— Dexterity o f the Pea-
fants in Shooting— The Dwelling o f a Peafant defcribed, and re-
prefented by a Drawing — — — 2l6
- CHAPTER XV.
Departure from Yervenkyle — Progrefs through a large For eft—
Danger to be apprehended from Wolves— Veftiges o f a Conflagra - ,
tion in the Wood— Frequency o f thefe Conflagrations, and the
Caufes thereof—Devaflation occajioned among the Trees of the
Foreft by Storms— Road through the For eft ; its Inconveniencies—
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Paffage over the Ice ; the Fears and Alarms with which it is attended—
The generous Simplicity o f fome Peafants who ferved as
Guides .... — — — — 227
CHAPTER XVI.
The Journey continued— Brightnefs and Tranfparency o f the Ice, and
the probable Reafon o f it— Stop at Sillanpe— Arrival at Wafa
Account o f this Town: its- Situation, Trade, and Inhabitants—
The Tribunal for the Government o f the North o f Finland, at
Wafa The. Prefident and Governor— Anecdotes o f Linnaeus 237
CHAPTER XVII.
Departure from Wafa— Inconveniencies o f the Journey over the Ice
ArrivaPat Gamla~ Carleby— Account o f this ToWn— Proceed
on the Journey: new Difficulties arifing from_ the Ice— Account of
Braheflad— Arrival at Uleaborg — — 246
CHAPTER XVIII.
Account of Uleaborg: Situation, Population, and Trade— Mineral
Springs near Uleaborg— The Soil in the Neighbourhood o f this
Town, and its mineral Productions— The Climate and Seqfons—
Vegetation and animal Creation — — 256
CHAPTER XIX.
Stay at Uleaborg protraBed longer than was intended: Reafons af-
figned for it— Inter eft ing Individuals mentioned— Curious Experiments
with Animal Magnetifm: Reflections on the• extraordinary
c 2 Phenomena