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262 OUTHIERS’S JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO THE NORTH.
Ans, the French conful, that our’s was the firft French fhip which had paffed this year.
Meffrs. de Maupertuis and Camus, on their return at five in the evening, faid that when
they firft landed, it was with great difficulty they could keep on their legs.
Elfineur isa little town almoft wholly of wood, the view of the ftrait from it, is very
pleafing. here is a handfome caftle with guns, under which one is obliged to pafs; it
is a fine coaft covered with verdure, and trees. The Swedifh coaft on the north is
more dry and barren. Helfinborg is feen upon it with a large tower, and terrace, covered
with cannon. }
Saturday morning, the twelfth, we paffed the S. W. fide of the ifland of Huane,
formerly the refidence of Tycho Brahe. Where his obfervatory was fituated, there is
no longer any thing remaining but a fmall houfe.
The coats of Sweden and Denmark were entirely covered with fnow, which fell in
the night.
The night being very dark we drew water in a bucket, but however much we dif-
turbed it, it yielded no {parks : we difcovered as well that the water of the Baltic con-
tained very little falt.
On Monday, the fourteenth, from eleven o’clock till noon, a halo round the
fun was feen ; its radius from the center of the fun to its interior circumference was
21° 30’, and to its exterior circumference 22° 30’. The external edge of the circle
was confuled, but the internal edge was diftin@ly marked, at leaft towards the zenith
and the horizon.
The fame day I took an elevation at noon, and found the latitude 55° 40’. The
pilot found it no more than 55° 30’.
Tuefday, the fifteenth, the fea was much fwollen, although there was little wind ;
we were obliged to fteer as near to it as poflible : the veffel pitched dreadfully.
The feventeenth, a Swedifh boat requefted to accompany us ; but had great difficulty
to keep up with us. As it was rather diftant behind, M. de Maupertuis defired our
captain to back fails, and invite the mafter to dine with us. Our captain made a tack :
this manceuvre is extremely fimple ; by moving the rudder the veflel makes a {mall halt
circle, which is defcribed on the water ; he then lowered fails and waited.
The matter of the Swedifh brigantine thanked us.
Another Swedifh veflel which we fpoke, accompanied us to Dalheron.
At eleven o’clock, faw an aurora borealis, notwith{tanding a clear moon light.
On the nineteenth faw the tower of Langfoort, fituated on a point of land: the tower
the fartheft advanced, is about 6000 toifes more towards the South, than the place where-
we took an elevation at noon: found the latitude 59° 15’.
Our paflage tor the laft four days delightful ; night and day we made a league an
hour without feeling the leaft motion.
Dalheron is a large village, divided in two; on the rocks on both fides the paflage ;
its houfes, extremely {fmall, of wood painted red, with their white chimnies, and their
little glazed windows, offered a very pleafing {pectacle.
Near to Dalheron is a very handfome country houfe on the fhore. As for the reft,
the country on both fides the Lidt, or bed of the river, (which is rather an arm of
the fea,) is frightful, being nothing but rocks extremely arid, with a few very fmall firs.
Sunday, the twentieth, (Whitfunday,) we followed the Swedifh galliot, and another
{mall veflel. I faid mafs, and at the communion the pilot thundered out Domine,
Jalvum fac regem noftrum Ludovicum, in which he was joined by all the aflembly.
No night ; at midnight, I read in a book of very {mall letters,
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