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THROUGH FINLAND. i 367
«¢ gate of rocks and flippery ftones, after which you again find the
“© wood which formerly extended to the top; I fay formerly, becaufe
“‘ we had all the trees cut down with which the fummit was co-
«© vered. The north fide of the mountain confifts in a frightful
** precipice of rocks, in which the hawks build their nefts. At
«the foot of this rock runs the Tenglio, which winds round the
«« Avafaxa before it difcharges itfelf into the Tornea. From this
“ mountain the profpedt is very beautiful. Towards the fouth it
“is open.and unbounded, and the river Tornea is feen to a vaft
“extent. On the eaft, the eye traces the Tenglio as far as its
“‘ courfe through fundry lakes. The view to the north extends
“< to twelve or fifteen leagues, where it is interrupted by an affem-
« blage of mountains heaped on one another, reminding the fpéc-
‘¢ tator of the reprefentations that are made of chaos, but among
“* which it would not be eafy to find one that would do juftice to
“ the profpeét from Avafaxa.”” Maupert. vol. iii. 8vo. p. 110.
- On the higheft fummit of the mountain we found a quantity
of the remains of burnt wood, and many fragments which the
lapfe of time had rotted and reduced to decay. We imagined
that they might be the relics of the trees which Maupertuis em-
ployed in erecting his fignals; but we were informed by the pea-
fants, that they were left from the fignals of alarm which had
been raifed in the year 1747, and likewife in the laft war of Fin-
land. Thefe fignals confift in heaps of wood which are fet on
fire to apprife the natives of the approach of an enemy. We our-
felves made a large fire for our amufement as well as to mark
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