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272 OUTHIER’s JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO THE NORTH.
caught in the woods, and which were very little fuited to coaches, and that through
immente forefts, and fometimes defarts, where for four or five miles not a houfe was to
be feen.
Weat length fet off; travelled through a tolerably fine country, and croffed two
rivers by bridges, and arrived at Frafkager one mile and a half farther, at three o’clock °
in the morning ; we left it again immediately; the road was perfectly level through
forelts of fir and birch, intermixed with marfhes. We pafled a handfome and large
river called Bufti, at four o’clock, whereat the coach was putin two boats; fame road,
level, and amid woods to Abyn, two miles and a quarter diftant. We arrived there at
feven o’clock ; afterwards we pafled a river over a bridge of wood, (in this country
there are none of ftone). We then had a very even road amid woods of fir and marfhes,
but very fandy, and in which we had much trouble to get on, fo that we did not arrive
at Geffre, no more than feven-eighths of a mile diftant, before eleven o’clock. The
valley of Geffre is fufficiently pretty, one of its extremities reaches to the fea to the fouth-
eaft, and at the other isa lake through which the river runs. A number of houfes are
difperfed about, and a great quantity of land is under cultivation, We paffed the river,
and after riding two leagues, over an even but fandy road, amid woods, we perceived a
handfome common, well cultivated, with two hamlets: yet fome woods, and a fandy
road till we came to the great river Pithea, which we pafled in a boat at four in the
afternoon, and arrived at Pithea, two miles and a quarter from Geflre.
It is the ancient Pithea, which, befides a large village built round about the church,
comprifes a great number of houfes difperfed in a beautiful meadow, on the borders of
fome lakes, contiguous to the fea, and the great river, which is rather an arm of the
fea. New Pithea, or the town, is a French league from it : we faw it on our return.
The eighteenth, we dined and {topped at Pithea, till Monday morning. M. de
Cederftrom and Meldecreutz, arrived at two in the morning, their chaife much damaged.
M. de Clairaut came fhortly after which his coach. As foon as thefe gentlemen had
breakfafted, we were defirous of going on, but had ‘to feek M. Celfius, who had gone
to fleep at the clergyman’s, or reCtor of the parifh, at fome diftance from the inn. M.
Clairaut and myfelf went to look for him, but neither of us knew where he lived. We
knocked at the door of a feemingly genteel houfe, imagining it to be that of the
clergyman : although M. Clairaut already knew fomething of the language, he could
not make the fervant underftand him, and we were going further at hazard ; when the
mafter of the houfe, who was the judge of the place, came out, and faid to usin French,
qui demandez vous Meflieurs? (What do you wifh Gentlemen). We were both fur-
prifed and pleafed: he politely accompanied us to the houfe of the clergyman, which
was fome way off. M. Celfius returned with us, and fet off in the firft coach with
M. Camus, M. Le Monnier, who took the place of M. Herbelot and myfelf. M.
Clairaut and M. Sommereux repofed themfelves a little, and afterwards fet off in their
coach, with M. Cederftrom and Herbelot.
It was eight o’clock when we Jeft Pithea, and after a mile and feven eighths, through
woods intermingled with fields and lakes, we arrived at Rofwik by noon; thence
traveWing on we pafled a bridge overa river, and after going up hill for a long time
in the woods, we defcended into a beautiful plain, and arrived at two o’clock at Ernas,
one mile and an eighth from. Rofwik. Leaving Ernas we pafled an arm of the fea,
which looked likea marfh, and afterwards through woods of fir, toa river which we
crofled in a boat, about five o’clock. After pafling this river, in a weod of fir, we had
a very bad and fandy road to get through; when we pafled the river our two coaches
were together: Meflrs. Clairaut, Celfius, and fome others went ina boat to Lullea: M,
Sommereux
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