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THROUGH LAPLAND. 23
this mountain feemed to us rather extraordinary, but our friend
the parfon was unable to explain its meaning, nor could he ever
give us any thing like a plaufible etymology of the term. Our
defign in this excurfion was to have a view of the furrounding
country from the top of that mountain, to collect, as we went
along, plants, birds, infeéts, and fhells from the bed of the river ;
to make a drawing of any picturefque object that might prefent
itfelf, and to fall in with fome wandering Laplander watching
his rein-deer, which pafture in the glens and vallies of thofe
mountains. We had no choice as to our manner of travelling,
and were obliged to proceed by water to the very foot of the
mountain. Having failed down the river Muonio, we went up
the {mall river Jeres, which runs into the Muonio, three miles
from Muonionifca. This little river flows for the greateft part in
a peaceful ftream, and fpreading itfelf at certain fhort intervals,
forms charming little lakes, traverfing a country the moft pleaf-
ing and diverfified poffible. Birds, and efpecially wild-ducks,
{warm on this river, and afforded us a very fingular kind of fport.
In certain places the channel becoming narrow, the willows and
other trees of the oppofite banks unite and entwine their branches,
fo as to compofe a fpecies of bower, which fkreened us from the
rays of the fun. The wild-ducks frequently few into thofe re-
ceffes, but not thinking it prudent to venture far amoneft the
trees, made a precipitate retreat: on their return they pafled di-
rectly over our head, and offered us the beft opportunity poflible
for fhooting. This river exhibited the fineft fcenery a painter
could
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