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334. TRAVELS
mon father, and the moft perfect harmony reigns. among all its:
members.
We were two days at his houfe, and in different excurfions
yifited the environs of Kemi, which, compared with thofe of
Uledborg, appeared like a paradife. The profpeét is more diver-
fified, the grounds are bolder, here and there {well into little hills,
and are by no means fo flat and fandy as in the vicinity of the
former city. . Here the river is confiderably broad, nor is it with-
out danger, infomuch that at Kemi and other places they have
pilots to navigate their trading veffels to its junction with the fea.
In fome places there is not a fufficient depth of water for boats |
of a large fize. Two years ago a merchant in the neighbourhood
wifhed to conftruct a much larger boat than had ever been feen
before on this river; and he conceived it would be very feafible to
float it down when the river happened to be overflown. The
boat was laden with grain, and had fome perfons on board: it
fortunately efcaped the three principal dangers, or falls, and had
only to pafs two more, which they confidered of lefs confequence;
but the boat {truck, was dafhed to pieces, and many lives were
loft. A large portion of the wreck remains in view to this day
between the rocks of Kemi, ferving as a melancholy memorial
of this unfortunate enterprife, and as a warning to the impru-
dence and avidity of projectors and merchants.
The river Kemi abounds in falmon; and their fifhery is fo lu-
crative as to afford.a principal part of the minifter’s income,
amounting to more than a thoufand rx dollars annually. Oppo-
fite
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