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STOCKHOLM TO ULEABORG. 357
LOCAL OBSERVATIONS.
Kofky. Thisis, properly fpeaking, nota place for changing horfes. We
however took this route at the advice of the governor of Wafa, who
directed the peafants to keep horfes in readinefs for us, in order that,
by going on the river, we might get upon the ice of the fea, and thus
travel more eafily with our fledges; but I cannot recommend this
road. The peafants are not accuftomed to this employment, and do
not know how to a¢t, fo that one is expofed to inconvenience.
We came by the common poft-road to Manmo; but the two laft miles
were over land, and the ways extremely bad. I have reafon to fuf-
pect that the peafants did not follow the orders of the governor, and
the route he had traced out for us. The whole of the way from
Manmo to Onganger was over the ice of the fea.
Onganger. No place for paffengers to lodge at. We proceeded con-
ftantly over the Frozen Sea, traverfing the bays, and paffing between
iflands or rocks, that rofe above the furface of the ice. On the left
the high fea is feen, on the right the coaft, which is very flat, and
prefents at fome diftance pine woods to view.
Mono is a peafant’s houfe, without any accommodation for travellers.
One-third of the way goes over the ice of the fea, two-thirds over
land.
Skrivars. I faw no place for the reception of paffengers. We went
continually on the ice of the fea, where we faw fome boats frozen in,
near to which we paffed with our fledges.
Fyrkarnefs. No place to accommodate firangers. This is likewife a
deviation from the main road, which we preferred, for the benefit of
the ice by fea, as the paflage over land was very bad. We were com-
pelled to travel all night for want of lodging, and fearing the thaw,
which began to diminifh the ice.
FagernefS
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