44 (A tour through Sweden, Swedish-Lapland, Finland and Denmark. In a series of letters)

Full resolution (JPEG) - On this page / på denna sida - LETTER XII. - LETTER XIII.

scanned image

<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>

Below is the raw OCR text from the above scanned image. Do you see an error? Proofread the page now!
Här nedan syns maskintolkade texten från faksimilbilden ovan. Ser du något fel? Korrekturläs sidan nu!

This page has been proofread at least once. (diff) (history)
Denna sida har korrekturlästs minst en gång. (skillnad) (historik)

deep and sandy, and arrived at Lesver the
same night, a town situated in a wretched
country, the land producing no corn for
three years past. This circumstance
threatens them with the dreadful consequences
of a general famine; a calamity too often
experienced in this miserable country.

LETTER XIII.

June 19, 1786.

This morning we entered Uma, a
beautiful well-built town, situated upon a fine
river of the same name, where ships are
built of large burden. The river runs on
the south side of the town, and empties itself
into the Gulf of Bothnia. It gives its
name to a part of Swedish-Lapland, in
which it has its source, from hence called
Uma-Lapmark. It is too broad to admit
of a bridge, which renders the passage very
incommodious, as the ferries are very bad
and ill supplied. The governor of
West-Bothnia resides here, which is about two
hundred and eighty miles north of
Stockholm.

<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>

Project Runeberg, Sat Dec 9 18:46:29 2023 (aronsson) (diff) (history) (download) << Previous Next >> https://runeberg.org/cmtourswed/0053.html

		A tour through Sweden, Swedish-Lapland, Finland and Denmark. In a series of letters / 44 (1815) Author: Matthew Consett - Tema: Sápmi and the Sami Table of Contents / Innehåll \| << Previous \| Next >>
	Project Runeberg \| Catalog \| Recent Changes \| Donate \| Comments? \|