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THROUGH FINLAND. 343
“<a few minutes at mid-day. In the month of January the cold
“‘ was fo great, that the thermometers of Reaumur, which fell
“14 degrees below the freezing point at Paris during the great’
« froft of the remarkable winter of 1 709, here fell to 37 degrees.
‘¢ Spirits of wine froze. On opening the door of a warm room,
“* the external air rufhing in, inftantly converted the vapour within
‘‘ into a fleece of fnow. On going out of the room, one’s breaft
“‘ was as it were torn by the air: every moment there appeared, in
‘‘ the cracking noife made by the burfting of the wood of the
‘« houfes, threatening fymptoms that the intenfenefs of the cold
« would be ftill farther increafed. From the folitude that reigned
‘‘ in the ftreets, one would have fuppofed all the inhabitants to
‘‘ be dead: in fhort, at Tornea there were to be feen perfons who
«« had been mutilated by the froft; fome had loft their legs and
“arms, The cold, always very great in thofe parts, was often fo
*« fevere as to prove fatal to thofe who were expofed to it. A fud-
«den tempeft of {now at times menaced full greater danger.
‘«¢ The wind feemed to blow at once from every quarter. of heaven,
«‘ and with fuch violence, as to throw down the chimneys of
«‘ houfes. Any one who fhould be caught in fuch a ftorm in the
‘“‘ country, would in vain endeavour to find his way by means of
‘ his acquaintance with places, or marks made by trees. He is
“ blinded by the fnow, and plunges into fome abyfs if he move
“a ftep.” 5
If the academician draws a frightful picture of Tornea, which
he faw only in winter, we are in a condition to fupply its counter-
part
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