SECTION XXVII.
Some Observations relative to the Climate and Natural Hi/lory of
-Lapland.
r p H E materials which I have collected on the fuhjedt of Lap-
land, are lo numerous and of fo various a nature, that I
might have confiderably increafed the bulk of this work if I had
chofen to incorporate in it every thing I poffeis. But I ihould
perhaps have abufed the patience of the reader, if I had extended
my remarks any farther than I have already done. I think it,
therefore, better to keep back what remains, and to produce it at
fome future period, if a fufficient degree of approbation encourage
me to fuch an undertaking. I cannot, however, at prefent take
my leave without communicating the following table, as an authentic
piece of information, which may afford fome light refpedl-
ing the climate of thofe northern diftriits, through w7hich I have
carried the reader in the foregoing pages. The place to which it
refers is Utsjocki, upon the river Tana, in Lappmark, fituated under
69 degrees 53 minutes north latitude; and perhaps no obfervations
of the kind have ever been made farther to the northward.
This table was given me by Mr. Julin, who had fuggefted the
idea of making fimilar remarks to the Rev. Mr. Caftrein (brother
8 of
of the Caftrein of Kemi, whom we have mentioned before) ; and
the latter gentleman, being fond of natural hiftory, and acquainted
with its principles, was well able to fatisfy the curiofity of Mr.
Julin.
Obfervations made in the Parifh o f Utsjocki, in Lappmark, 0Q° 531
North Latitude, in the Years 1705 and 1707»
By Sa m u e l C a s t r e in :
CoileSted and arranged by J . J u l iit , o f Uleaborg.
1 . Meteorological Obfervations.-
1-705. 1-707.
T he fun’s half diik feen above the horizon Jan. 2 1 . Jan. 2 1 .
Firft rain fell — — Apr. 30. May 5.
The ice difappeared on the river Tana June 3. June 5.
The lakes were free from ice — — June 28.
Night-frofts began — — — July 15.
The rivers froze — ; — Oct. 12. Oct. 18.
The lakes froze — — Oct. 20. Oct. 25.
The ground covered with fnow —- — Nov. 3.
The fun under the horizon. — Nov. 20. Nov. 18.
2. Calendarium Faunce Utsjokerfs.
The following birds arrived : 1-705. 179 7 .
Emberiza nivalis — — Apr. 4. Apr. 1 1 .
Falco chryfaetos — — — Apr. 4. Apr. 1 1 .
Anas