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THROUGH LAPLAND. 87
chain of mountains into which the river Alten infinuates itfelf,
and flowing, by many windings, through its whole extent, breaks
out and rufhes down in many places, and forms a number of ca-
taracts. As our baggage appeared too heavy to our wary Lap-
landers of Kautokeino, they engaged the two fifhers alfo to ac-
company us, which lightened the burthen of each, by the divifion
of five parts into feven. They drew the boats on land, and made
them faft to fome trees. We then began to afcend the mountain
on the left bank of the Alten, very near to a brook, or rather {mall
river, called Kionos-joki, which defcends from the mountain Kulli-
tunduri. This brook forms at one place a very fingular cafcade,
by opening a paflage for itfelf under the furface of the rocks, and
paffing, where it begins to fall, under a natural bridge.
We continued to afcend, for the fpace of four Englifh miles,
through a thicket of dwarf birch (betula nana) and birch-trees,
and over ground uniformly covered with thick mofs, which ren-
dered our journey extremely fatiguing. The day was overcatt
with clouds, but {till there was a fuffocating heat, which occa-
fioned a great depreffion and heavinefs of fpirits. This was the
moft favourable opportunity that could poflibly be imagined for
the mufquetocs. The quantity of thofe terrible infe@s lodged
among{t the bufhes and mofs was {fo great, that at every {tep we
raifed fuch a cloud of them, as covered us all over from head to
foot. Imagine a number of putrid bacon hams expofed to the
rays of a fummer’s fun, and all covered with flies: fuch was our
condition, and the difgufting appearance of our perfons. After we
had
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