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258 TRAVELS
very infignificant. The chemical properties of the Uleaborg -
waters are thefe :—A veffel of a hundred cubical inches, con-
tains
Sal digeftivum feu
Alkali vegetabile — —_ 1,0
Alkali minerale — — 5.7
Calx vitriolata — — 0.8
Calx aérata — i I 9
Ferrum —_ — 1.2
Terra filicea — — 17
To which muft be added twelve cubic inches of carbonic acid,
and ten of hepatic gas.
The river Ulea, on the banks of which the town is fituated,
tolls down. with a great noife ; and its navigation is attended with
confiderable danger. The trading veffels which go on. this river
to the fea,. are conducted by pilots paid by government, and ma-
triculated or regiftered. None of the Finnith peafants, unlefs thus
regiftered, are permitted to engage in that navigation. This regu-
lation. was adopted to: prevent the continuance of accidents. which
frequently happened in the river, by boats being upfet and people
drowned, who were going up and down. Such is the velocity
with which fhips perform their courfe down the river, that they
generally run fix Englith miles in the {pace of twenty minutes.
The falmon fifhery here is very confiderable; and the falmon of
Uleaborg fetch a higher price at Stockholm than thofe of any
other place. Speaking of falmon, I fhall be excufed by my reader
for relating a faét, not more fingular than well authenticated :—
A gentle-
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