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THROUGH FINLAND. 22%
CHAPTER XV.
Departure from Yervenkyle—Progre/s through a large Forefi—Dan-
ger to be apprehended from Wolves—Veftiges of a Conflagration
in the Wood—Frequency of thefe Conflagrations, and the Caufes
thereof—Devaftation occafioned among the Trees of the Foreft by
Storms—Road through the Foreft; its Inconveniencies—Paffage
over the Ice; the Fears and Alarms with which it is attended—
The generous Simplicity of fome Peafants who ferved as Guides.
yN leaving the village of Yervenkyle, we came upon a wood
or foreft, famous in Finland for its fize, and particularly its
vaft length, which is about eighty Englifh miles. We had to
traverfe it in its full extent, and I was inclined to compofe my-
felf to fleep the whole way, in order to elude the irkfomenefs of
a road that promifed fo little variety, and that I might make
a proper ufe of the fullen gloom caufed by the thicknefs of
the trees. Befides, I was confident that neither robbers nor
beafts of prey would interrupt my repofe; the firft being un-
known in the country, and the fecond rarely fo prefled with
hunger as to become bold enough to fet upon travellers. The only
wild beafts to be dreaded in this wood are the wolves, which
even when ftarving will not venture to attack a man, though they
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