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CONCERNING LAPLAND.
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account of his labours, took down his name in his memorandum
book, and gave him a promife of future preferment in the church,
which, in December, next year, he faithfully fulfilled, by promot-
ing him, after being ten yearsa miffionary in Lapland, to the rec-
torfhip of the vacant parifh of Augwaldf{nefs, in the diocefe of
Chriftianfand.
The king, in his progrefs through Norway, in the fummer of
1733, was detained for fome time in the harbour of Aalfund by
ftrefs of weather. He fent for Mr. Leems, and put a number of
queftions to him concerning the {tate of the Laplanders, the com-
merce of Finmark, the fuccefs of the chriftian miffion in thofe
parts, and other matters: to which queftions the miffionary re-
plied according to the beft of his ability and information, with all
due reverence to his majefty’s perfon. At laft the king gave him
a commiffion to get fome young man among the Laplanders, and
to fend him to Copenhagen to him as foon as poflible.
But who, fays the miffionary, could believe it poffible that there
fhould be any one who would rejeét an offer that promifed fo de-
firable and fplendid a condition of life? Yet this was really the
cafe. Application was made to numbers of individuals among
the Lapland youth to go to court, where they would be kindly
receiyed and taken care of by the king—but in vain. At length,
however, a young man, called Peter Nicolas Korfnzs, was pre-
vailed on to fuffer himfelf to be taken on board of fhip to Copen-
hagen, though not without very great difficulty. This Nicolas
had nothing remarkable to recommend him, either in his ftature
Ssh 2 or
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