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XVili CONTENTS.
CHAPTER XIIl.
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Arrival in Finland at the Town of Abo—Account of this City— ia
The Library—The Univerfity—Admiral Heding—Farther Par-
ticulars of the Town of Abo; its Situation, Streets, Buildings—
The Cathedral—The Building of the Academy—The Harbour—
The Inhabitants of Abo: their Trade and Commerce—The Cojile,
called Abo-hus — — — — 205
CHAPTER XIV.
Departure from Abo—Difficulty of Travelling without a Sufficient
Quantity of Snow—Trad of Country beiween Abo and Yerven-
kyle—Condition of the Peafantry : their Mode of Life, Drefs, and
domeftic Comforts—Meet with an old Minftrel—Contrivance of
putting a Sledge on Wheels—Defcription of an Aurora Borealis—
Reach Yervenkyle—Account of this Hamlet—Catara& near Yer-
venkyle: Appearance of it in Winter—Little Birds (Turdus Cinc-
tus, Lin.) near the Catarads in Winter—Dexterity of the Pea-
fants in Shooting—The Dwelling of a Peafant described, and re-
prefented by a Drawing — — —_ 216
CHAPTER XV.
Departure from Yervenkyle— Progre/s through a large Forefi—.
Danger to be apprehended from Wolues—Veftiges of a Conflagra-
tion in the Wood—Frequency of these Conflagrations, and the
Caufes thereof—Devaftation occafioned among the Trees of the
Foreft by Storms—Road through the Foret; its Inconventencies—
8 Paffage
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