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256 TRAVELS
CHAPTER XVIII.
Account of Uleaborg : Situation, Population, and Trade—Mineral
Springs near Uleaborg—The Soil in the Neighbourhood of this
Town, and its mineral Productions—The Climate and Seafons—
_ Vegetation, and animal Creation.
bien is a ftapelftad, fituated in 65 degrees north Ia-
titude. It was founded by Charles IX. in 1605. It has
two cuftom-houfes, one for the land, and one for the fea; two
{quares, fixteen ftreets, and is divided into quarters. ‘The popula-
tion is about three thoufand eight hundred fouls. The articles of
exportation are as follow:
Tar (exported annually) tons 30,000
Pitch, ditto — — 3,000
Butter, ditto — — 30,000
Tallow, ditto —_ — 70,0900
Salmon, ditto —_ —-. 2,000
Dried pike, ditto === == 45000"
A peculiar fpecies of herrings, ditto — 300
Planks, ditto — — dozens 600
The goods that are imported from abroad are, wine, oil, and
lemons, which altogether do not amount to much. The yearly
importation
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