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ALD Ta he
Of the Author’s Journey from Stockholm to Uleaborg s thence to the
North Cape : and back again.
a ee following daily account of my journey is chiefly intended
for the ufe of future travellers in the fame part of the
world. Such information, though of itfelf uninterefting, I know
from experience, is valuable to thofe that find themfelves in fimilar
circumftances. It brings them previoufly acquainted with the
obje¢ts they are to encounter, keeps their attention more vigilant,
and may lead them to make additional obfervations, which they
would probably pafs over, if every thing they met with were to-
tally new, and as fuch intruded upon their notice. It may like-
wife ferve as a fort of index to the foregoing work, or as a com-
panion to the map.
The diftances are given in Swedifh miles, of which 10
2-fifths are equal to one degree of the equator: confequently the
proportion of a Swedifh to an Englifh mile is as 10 2-fifths
to fixty-nine; for fixty-nine Englifh miles are reckoned to a de-
gree of the equator: therefore one Swedifh mile contains nearly
Vor. II. Zz feven
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