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54 The Floral King.
“Finland, Brahestad, Old Carleby, Jacobstad,
New Carleby, Wasa; visited the Burgomaster, kind
man; thence to Christina, then to Bjérneborg;
dangerous, stony, horrible road. Passed Nystad.
Arrived at Abo the 30th September ; five days on
seven miles (forty-five English) highroad, after
which passed by little boats the gulf of Bothnia
to Grissleham, the 8th October, to Upsala on roth;
travelled 650 miles (4,200 English).
“The hill of Norrby lies four miles from Hudiks-
wall. Skullberg by Hernésand in Angermanland.
Asila Lapmark is Angermanland’s Lapmark.
“In Umea the governor of the province has
potatoes in his garden.
‘“‘The river Juktan, twenty-five miles above Lyksele.
The snipes make a noise as if they were laughing.
The Lapp calls his boat “‘hapen.” A reindeer milks
barely a quarter of a tumbler full. ‘“ Fir and pine
in Lapland are all turned the same way.” Linnzus
wrote a letter to the same professor Lars Roberg
while on his Lapland tour, from which the
following is an extract; also, we believe, rendered
for the first time in English :—
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