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THROUGH FINLAND. 331
Jo
good part of the way, conftantly entertaining us with the beft
mufic he had. !
In our progrefs from Teftile we were to change horfes at Hutta,
a {mall village of four or five houfes, where they have one apart-
ment for the accommodation of paflengers. Bad weather and the
fatigues of the journey determined us to pafs the night in this
place. As it was {till too early to go to bed, we ftudied to em-
ploy this interval in the beft manner we could. Some peafants
and girls of the neighbourhood, prompted by curiofity to look at
us, entered our chamber without ceremony. As we had fome in-
{truments of experimental philofophy along with us, we withed to
give the good people fome amufement: but the firft object that
attracted the admiration of the men and young people, was my
double barrelled gun: they fhewed fuch aftonifhment at this in-
vention, that I am fure I could have purchafed with it the houfe
and all the women init. They afked me how much I had paid
for it, and guefling the price beforehand, one of them {aid to me,
«« At leaft one thoufand rix dollars.’’ They all exclaimed, “* With
‘¢ fuch a weapon the old man in the pelice (meaning the bear),
«* would have no chance.” We fhewed them our thermometer,
atelefcope, and laft of all, to put an end to their oh! oh’s!
among other exclamations of wonder, we produced a microfcope.
We prefaced this entertainment, however, by obferving to them,
that before we could afford them any pleafure with this inftru-
ment, they muft catch us a flea. The whole company fell a
laughing at this demand, but perceiving that we were ferious, and’
Wiha 2 perfifted
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