T R A V E L S
THROUGH"
L A P L A N D .
C H A P T E R 1
Departure from Kengis— A heavy Shower o f Rain— Paffage by the
Qatara£is— Arrival at Kollare— Smoke ufed in the Houfes fo r the
Purpofe o f keeping off the numberlefs IrfeSis— Country near Kollare
— Meet with a mofl fk ilfu l Boatman— Dangers and Difficulties
furmounted under his ConduSl— More o f the CataraSls— The Boats
drawn fo r a corffiderable Diftance over the Land through a Wood—
Embarraffment eaufed by the boggy Ground in the Wood— The
CataraSt o f Muonio-kojki: a fuccefsful Attempt to defcend this Fall
in a Boat.
T T AVING let out from Kengis, we did not change our boat
till we reached Kollare, a diftance of twenty-two miles.
W e performed this voyage in twelve hours, in the courfe of which
our boatmen had only five hours reft. W e were furprifed. by a
heavy fall of rain, which poured upon us for half an hour in luch
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