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him far in the icy defert; an accident which happened to us ‘more
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I have made no mention of Braheftad, a {mall town we pafled
on the road, becaufe I did not think it at’ the time’of much con-
fequence ; I thall however give fome account of it heres This
town is a ftapel{tad, and fituated under the 64th degree ‘43 minutes
of latitude, in the bailwick and parifh of Salo, one ‘hundred’and
thirty-five leagues and a half from Stockholm (by the common
north road),* fixty-nine from Abo, eight and a half from Ulea-
borg, and thirty from Wafa. It ftands on the gulf of Bothnia,
at the top of a bay formed by two peninfulas : the’town itfelf is
upon the main land. It was founded by Count Peter Brahe, who
confidered this fituation as particularly favourable for trade. The
town became his property by purchafe, and in December 1649
he provided it with a charter and certain privileges: in 1652 it
was called after hisname. ‘Thofe privileges were confirmed to
the town in 1651, 1652, 1680; and the laft and moft important,
by which it acquired the right of ftapelftad, to carry on’ foreign
trade, is dated the 7th April 1791. For its armorial bearings it
has part of the arms of the family of Brahe, viz.a horfe, anda
man with a lance and helmet. The harbour was once good and
convenient ; but at prefent it is choaked up with mud, infomuch
that only {mall veffels, or large ones with half their cargo, are
able to enter it. Ships drop anchor at the mouth of the harbour,
a quarter of a mile from the market place. » !
* Which runs along the gulf of Bothnia to Tornea.
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