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192 TRAVELS
«and ftatutes of the kingdom.” I repeat here what was faid by
the peafant almoft word for word, as it may give fome idea of the
way of thinking on this fubject that prevails among that clafs of
people in this part of the country. What encreafed our furprife
at this man’s intelligence was, that he had received no education,
nor ever read any books; what he faid was merely the refult of
his own obfervation. Our philofopher intermixed in his conver-
fation fome meteorological obfervations, and predicted a very late
fummer from fome {pots he had remarked in that great luminous
belt which goes-acrofs the heavens, and is called the Milky-way.
He related fome anecdotes of the laft war in Finland, and told us
that the battle of Hogland was not fo decifive in favour of the
Swedes as it might have been, had. every thing been executed in
due manner: but Prince Frederic could not fend the flotilla to
fuccour the fleet, which was fhort of ammunition. This is one
of the moft remarkable circumftances in the whole hiftory of the
war ; and of the truth of it I was well affured afterwards by per-
fons who had the beft opportunities of knowing the fact, and
whofe veracity was above all doubt. The following was the fitu-
ation of affairs: The land army was pofted at Lavifa, under the
joint command of Prince Frederic and General Toll. When the
battle began, Prince Frederic, knowing that the Swedifh fleet
was in want of ammunition, as defirous of fending it a fupply
by the Alotilla which lay at anchor in the road of Lavifa, and gave
orders to General Toll to that purpofe: but the general refufed to
execute the prince’s intentions; and when the latter was proceed-
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