5 4®
RjUISe.
Lakes-
Wener-
Weter-
Meier»
'S W E D E N .
Finländis fprinkled with. numerous tqisäjaal^ferable
ftreauis, but -of ä'fhort courfej -äs the' UleVf- the-Gan® which paffes-
by- Bioprühorg ; and the Kymmen' flowing into the- centre o f the? gulpb
©F Finland.
Few countries can riv a lSw e d e n ia th e extent and n um b e ro f lakes,
Which appear ia almoft every province. O f thefe the moft .important
is the Wener, which is about roo Britilh miles in length, b-yr^o^ep :6a
Bo breadth, in great part, furrounded with forefts, and rocks o f red.
granites : It receives 24 -rivers, abounds with fifh, and Contains many
romantic ifles. •
Next is the Weter, a lake Sof e^aal length but inferior in breadth,,
which feldom exceeds no miles. This lake being furrounded with
mountains is. particularly fubjeft to ftorms in the ftilleft. weathef,
whence arife many populär täks.a®d'&pei'ftitiorri :::it,;cont^ins two remarkable
iflands; and on the fhores are found agates, Canadians, and
touch-ftones, o r pieces o f fine bafaltes»3 The .Weter" is clear though!
deep ; and whife i t receives about 40 Email rivers, Bäs no outlet es&c&pt-
the. Motaht., On its eaftern fhore Hands the little town of Wadftena,.
remarkable for a convent in which was prefcrved the body off the
Swedifli B r i g h t
The lake Meier, at the conflux off which with the Baltic is fcundedr
the city o f Stockholm, is about fixty" Bri-tifh miles in length, by
eighteen in breadth, and is fprinkled with pifturefque ifles. -To-ithe;
S. W. is the lake of H ielmar, more remarkablefor its prppdfed- utility:
in the inland navigation,, th a n for its extent. I
i Many other lakes are found in the north of Sweden, among which'
the moft cpnfiderable is that of Stor, in the.,province ofejemtia. 'Ther
chief lake o f Lapland is th a t o f Enara, in the fürtheft north, about
feventy Bririfh miles in length, by th irty at its greateft breadth. A fte r
this may be named thofe o f H ernafba Staer, or the great lake, Torriea,,
and others.. T h e lake and mountain o f N iemi, and the river- Tengilo,
which falls into th e Tornea, have been, celebrated, b y Maupertuis f o r
the ir piSturefque beauty.
3 Bufching L 549.
* The curious diary of this convent, which conlifted of monks and nuns, was publiihcd by
the (earned Benzeliüs at UpfaL, 1.721. 4tq.
13. .The-
CHAP. IV. NATURAL GEOGRAPHY. 5 4 *
TBe m o ft confiderable lake in Finland is th a t o f T e jend, or Pajana, L aksi.
'about 8öi mites’i n length; b y .15- in breadth, and which gives fource to
the river KyfiMsfeift, TE e lake'ofSaim-sito' th é E . is yet more conteder- SaimW
abl&; b u t itMfe chiefly- w ithin the Ruffian dominions : this ‘".lake may
perhaps, .with its various-'ereëks and' eo’mmnnteatie%sv,'b e ' effirrfated at
i ^ o Britifti miles’1: in lengthy by-T®^ afei!s»''^reatëffi b r e a d ® a n d flows
k ite the ' L a d o g a * ,^ the | g re a t a n d ’ h ö ify ' < eurrerff • te f Woxehy Which
ferms a v a f t ea-tara® "about' 4.' mile f r om i%é*mo6th.1" ’,;
Sweden may be- irfSgffieral regarded r flï ' mountainous e p u n try ; I n Mountains,
w h ich rdfpedt it d ^ f tr o n g ly With Denmark prdpér, or
Ju tla n d and thé ifles. T h e ch ie f mountains1? ! ^ 'in that elevated chain
Which diyid’è s , Sweden "arid Bw eö ïfti’La^ïanff ^ i H ' N o rw ay ; from
which fticceffive branches rum in- a S. E. d ire ^ ió s ; The* mountain o f
,Swucku is ’fuppbfed - tóJ ;bè one b f th e hlgheft o f this chain, an d ’:ish;bf!i SwucEi»-
eompa£t f la ty /r e e fto n ë ^ h ^ 'o n jith q weft therteare:-maffes r i f a 'different
n a tu r e ; and w h e re it'ittc la rie s’ to the lake o f Fseimfrid,. there 'a re
apertures Trbfn; two' to; fo u r fathom: m 'w id th te ^m ï often ,equal d d p th ,
but extending'jin le n g th from ’two-Ed - :three hundred ells,*' l& a t -afete
au th h r mentions the high mountain o f Moffevbla, hfear the fièh e lak e, MoffevoEa-
as h e i l ^ Formed o f a pudding-ftone, confifting o f ?&ps'\of Tfib-ftone,
w ith a few o f hornblende and lirtteftotte?' utmèÖ* by a landy Certiëntf
T h e mbüntain o f Rasttvik he fays i s paftfaretöus', and he • feftimates its RsettviE.
h e ig h t a t 6 0 0 0 fe e t above th e fea; otfferVing, as a Singularity,• that
upon this ^mountain and that ó f Rodaberg; are found vaft‘ blocks o f
feddifh ffelfpar, mingled with quartz arid brown mica? T h e re alter
ÓcrCiir, on the mountain o f Ofmilnd, enormous fragments o f tranfpareiit
felfpar, ‘ mingled with quartz and mica • though we muft prbCeed to
th e h ig h mountains o f N orway to find fummits more elevated than this
laft. Oiology, or an ex a ft account d f mountains, was little ftudied
when B ergman publifhed this w o rk 'ab o u t 1770 ; but it Would’appear
th a t the granitic ridge o f the chain is in N o rw a y ; while the flanks,,
confifting as ufual o f limeftone; pudding-ftone, and free-ftone, verge
i- 67^4.
5 Bergman’ s • P h y . Geog.^in the Journal des Minfes, x v r :’ '1:ranEatioa*'
Bergman couiputes the height of Swuckuiata^fJSjelJs,, that ia'about 9072 feet. Ib. p. 65.
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