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THROUGH FINLAND. 395
terprife; but our pride could not digeft the humiliating idea of
returning to Uleaborg, to the great diverfion of our friends, who
would never have done rallying us on the fubject, or of boafting
of their fage counfels, and the truth of their predictions. Colonel
Skioldebrand, with his fervant, remained alone with me::. his pur-
pofe continued unfhaken, for his ardour was not inferior to my
own. He would not be difcouraged by any difficulties in pur-
fuing the object he had propofed to himfelf; and I was no lef
decided as to the execution of my project. I muft confefs that
the idea of being the firft Italian that had ever reached the moft
northern point of Europe, was a very powerful incentive to my
exertions.
Before quitting Kengis, I fhall make a few geographical remarks
on the river Torneé, and endeavour to give, in fome degree, a
clear idea of the nature and courfe of that river, concerning which
there is much confufion and error in all the maps, and even in
the Swedith accounts themfelves.
The river Tornea proceeds from a lakelcalled@lorued Trafk, as
its fource. This lake is fituated among the mountains which fe-
parate Norwegian from Swedifh Lapland. From that lake the
river alfo takes its name. It pafles in its courfe near Kengis,
where it forms two cataracts, nearly forty feet high.. It then ap- |
proaches the town of Upper Tornea, twifts round the little ifland.
of Swenfar, on which the town: of Tornea 1s. fituated, and laft of
all it makes the ifland of Bjorkén, on which ftands the church of
Lower Torned. About a mile below Kengis, the waters of the
river.
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