Stages between Stockholm
and Uleaborg through
Fin lan d .
Niemenkyla
Humikala
Abo
Makyla,
Lachto
Swediih
Miles.
Arrival and
Departure.
State o f the
Weather.
Thermometer
of Celiius.
Expences in
Swediih Money.
H March 23.
Arr. 10 p. m.
Dep. March
26, 1 p. m.
8 ° o
March 24,
) a. m. 90 £
noon 8° q
midni. 10° o
March 25,
morn. 11° o
March 26,
1 p. m. 5° o
Some fuow
fell.
3 horfes 0
Ski!.
27
2 fledges 0 4
3 men 0 9
3 horfes 0 36
2 fledges 0 4
3 men 0 9
3 horfes 0 39
2 fledges 0 4
3 men 0 9
N.B. You
pay at this
ftage four
fkill. more
for the
h.orfes.
3 horfes 1 12
2 fledges 0 4
3 men Q 9
N.B. You
pay for the
horfes as
ufual.
3 horfes 0 30
2 fledges 0 4
3 men 0 9
LO C A L O B SE R V A T IO N S .
Niemenkyla. The reader will' obferve with what nicety the Swediih miles
are fubdivided. In France, England, and other countries, the traveller’s
money generally levels the fradtions, but it is not fo in Sweden.
There is but one apartment for paflengers in the peafant’s houfe at
this place.
Humikala. Here one may lodge pretty Gomfortably. The houfe affords
two bed rooms, and a fitting room. Proceeding from this place it is
always neceflary to have an interpreter of the Finnifh tongue, becaule
the people do not fpeak Swediih.
Abo is the capital of Finland. There is the caftle of Abo-hus, a fine
cathedral, a univerfity, a library: it is the refidence of an admiral, a
governor, and a bifhop. A quarter of a mile (Swediih) from the town
you pafs by the church of St. Mary, which is faid to be very ancient,
and to have ferved as the cathedral before the foundation of the city.
The government of Abo has allowed the peafants to raife the price
of pofling, in confequence of fome particular duty.
Makyla. N o accommodation for paflengers. T h e whole way is by
land : there are neither lakes nor rivers; and when the road is unfit
for the fledges going, travelling here becomes very irkfome.
Lachto. No lodging for travellers. We hère faw the people ufe the
tops of fir-branches inftead of ftraw, to make litters for the cows and
procure manure.
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