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274 OUTHIER’S JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO THE NORTH.
the day of the fummer folftice, on the twenty-firft, a feafon when in this country, the
fun is feen pafling the meridian at midnight, in the north. We looked for this fight
but in vain; the vapours with which the horizon was overcharged hindered us.
Charles X[. King of Sweden, incited by the fame defire, purpofely undertook a voyage
from Stockholm to Torneo, to feeit, he was more fortunate than us, for getting into
the belfry, he faw more than a quarter of the diameter of the fun at midnight.
M. de Maupertuis had made a fortunate voyage, he had feen from fea, the fun
during a whole night, at leaft a part of its difk. He arrived at Torneo nearly two
days before us, and found there M. Gullingrip, governor of the province, who was
going into Lapland. M. de Maupertuis did not hefitate to accompany him, impatient
to examine the country, he went as far as Ofwer Torneo, and afcended mount Avafaxa,
to fee if he could not draw fome advantage for the obfervations from the mountains.
He did not choofe to go farther, wifhing to be at Torneo againft our arrival. We had
the pleafure of feeing him there, and of meeting altogether on Thurfday evening.
The twenty-fecond, M. Duriez, lieutenant colonel of the regiment of Weftro-bothnia,
was then at Torneo. We went altogether on F’riday to vifit him, at a fomewhat elegant
houfe which he had at Hapaniemi; he treated us with great civility, and during our
ftay inthe country we faw him frequently. There were only two perfons in Torneo,
who {poke French, M. Duriez, and a young man, whom the governor pointed out to
M. de Maupertuis, and who ferved us for an interpreter.
From Hapaniemi, we went to the town: we afcended the balcony of the town-
houfe to obferve the neighbourhood ; for we thought of nothing but finding fituations
proper to form a fucceffion of triangles. M. de Maupertuis, on his journey to Ofwer
Torneo, and from the fummit of Avafaxa, had feen fome mountains, which appeared
advantageous to our purpofe; but he noticed that the greater part of thefe mountains
were near to each other, and covered with trees.
We employed Saturday and Sunday in vifiting the neighbourhood of Torneo, and in
deliberation on the meafures moft proper to adopt, for the fuccefs of our operations.
At length we refolved on going to vifit the coaft of Oftro-bothnia, and the iflands along
that coaft. We no longer thought of the coaft of Weftro-bothnia, fince M. de Mau-
pertuis informed us, that coming by fea, he had noticed it, and that both the coaft and
iflands were néarly level with the water, and covered with wood.
M. Camus, Sommereux, and myfelf, were charged with the examination of the
courfe of the coaft, and the iflands met with there, from Torneo as far as Brakeftadt :
we took feven men who were to row and fteer the boat, which was a common one, in
which we embarked with two fervants, and provifions for a fortnight: that is to fay,
buifcuit, and fome bottles of wine remaining of the ftock laid in at Dunkirk.
We began our voyage, Monday the twenty-fifth, at half paft fix inthe afternoon. I
continually obferved with my compafs, the direction we took, the pofition of the iflands,
and the moft apparent parts of the coaft. ‘The twenty-fixth, at four in the morning, we
had already advanced feven miles and a half from Torneo; the wind became northerly,
and we fet the fails. We were all extremely cold; we landed on the ifland of
Knawaniemi; we made a good fire, befide which we breakfafted. The wind continued
northerly with very fine weather, we carried fail, and arrived at Ullea, at half paft five
in the evening, on the fame day, (Tuefday,) which with them was Whit-Tuefday.
Ullea, is a pretty confiderable town of Oftro-bothnia ; the ftreets are in {traight lines, and
very long. There is but one church, and a town-houfe, where there is a public clock. Vef-
fels come up nearly to the town, it is built entirely of wood, as well the church as the houfes
ofthe town. There isa dock-yard in which veffels are built. The caftle of Ullea called
Ullaborg,
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