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246 ‘TRAVEES
CHAPTER XVII.
Departure from Wafa—Inconveniencies of the Journey over the Tce—
Arrival at Gamla Carleby—Account of this Town—Proceed on
the Journey: new Difficulties arifing from the Ie—Account of
Braheflad— Arrival at Uleaborg.
A eatin in the fledge becomes extremely difficult at this
advanced period of the feafon, we forefaw that we fhould
have a very painful and difagreeable journey from Wafa to Ulea-
borg. The governor of Wafa earneftly employed himfelf to trace
out for us a route, by which we might travel the greater part of
the diftance upon the ice; at the fame time he iffued an order,
by which the peafants of thofe diftri@s through which we were to
pafs, were enjoined to fupply us with horfes all the way to the
frontiers of his government. This was an additional mark of the
obliging attention which we had experienced in fo many inftances
from him during our ftay; but his orders in their execution were
by no means of that advantage to us which we had reafon to ex-
pect, for the peafants in thofe parts are not at all in the habit of
conducting travellers, and are in want of many things neceflary for
that purpofe. ‘Their fledges are ill conftructed; they are extremely
flow in yoking their horfes, and have not a fufficient fupply:
we
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