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OUTHIER’S JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO THE NORTH. 274
the country there is a Lanfiman, that isa man to whom the Governor addreffes all
orders for the public fervice; in towns he is called a burgomatter.
The profpe&t of the neighbourhood is pleafing ; it confifts of large plains full of
fmall houfes or fheds for hay, beyond which are the mountains rather elevated ; half a
mile from the city to the eaft, on the northern fide of the river is the houfe of the
governor of the province, built entirely of wood, neverthelefs very handfome for that
country ; people were at work in making large gardens fufficiently pretty.
It having been noifed about in the city that fome Frenchmen were to arrive there, a
number of perfons had collected to fee us. M. Clairaut arrived with the fecond coach,
the care of which M. de Maupertuis had left to him; we fupped together in a good
inn and met with wine: at half paft ten, Meflirs. Camus, Celfius, Herbelot, and myfelf
fet off; M. Clairaut with the coach waited for Monfieur Sommereux, and to hear of
the embarkation of M. de Maupertuis.
Leaving Uhma we met with nothing but fields, with fome valleys for the {pace of a
mile and arrived at Taffley by midnight: thence ftill the fame country: we pafled a
river, and beyond it found a camp confilting of two companies only ; they exclaimed
in German, war das, M. Celfius anfwered goth wen, that is to fay a good friend.
The fixteenth we changed horfes at Safwaar, one mile and three-eighths from Taflley,
and again entered woods, which continued one mile and feven-eighths to Diekneboda.
About a mile farther, at fix o’clock in the morning, we came to the village of Bygdo, we
faw there an arch formed by two trees from thirty to forty feet high, from which is
fufpended a kind of circle made of branches; here the troops exercife themfelves in
throwing hand ete We did not change horfes at Bygdo, the poft houfe was at
Riklera a little farther, one mile and three-eighths from Diekneboda; from thence we
went on to Gamboda, through a pleafant country, the fame diftance of one mile and three-
eighths. Afterwards higher mountains fucceeded, one in particular which extends a
great way from north to fouth, at the bottom of which is a lake: we pafled this moun-
tain in an oblique direétion, and arrived at noon at Grimmerfmack one mile and one-
eigth diftant ; we left it, without waiting, and travelling through a fimilar road, came by a
beautiful valley between two lakes, to the poft houfe of Selet, one mile from the former.
We met here with good fifh, and dined ; they afked next to nothing for our dinner, and
when we offered them more, made fome difficulty in accepting it.
It was two in the afternoon when wearrived at Selet; we left at it four o’clock : we
paffed a river, over a bridge, between two lakes ; foon after another ; then fucceeded
flat country, and fine woods of fir, as far as the poft houfe of Dagboftadt, one-eighth of
amile off. Thence through woods of fir for one mile and a half, when we reached
Burea. We left this place at feven o’clock, and fhortly after paffed. a river, then
through a long valley in which runs a large river, on the banks of which we left our
horfes at Simmanafin, which is divided from Sialefstadt only by the river which we
pafled in a boat. From Burea to Sialefstadt two miles: it was midnight, on the
feventeenth , when we landed; we did not go into Sialefstadt, which is a large town ;
we found horfes near the church, to the weft of the village; the Lanfiman had been in-
formed of our coming, and many were colleéted waiting to fee us. At firft they put
norfes to our coach which did nothing but rear, not knowing how to draw. We had
others harneffed to, and when about to depart, the countryman who was to drive us,
was much puzzled where to place himfelf, and after confidering fome time, at la{t
clapped himfelf in the boot, where we could fcarce perceive him, which diverted us
highly. We flept without fear all four of us, during a great part of the way, notwith-
ftanding the bad coachman we had, and the horles which drew us having been juft
caught
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