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OUTHIER’S JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO THE NORTH. 293
Monday morning, the twenty-feventh, there was in the court a Lapland man and
woman: they were two ill-made perfons, almoft always fitting on their heels, and came
begging ; they would not have been very fhort had they ftood up.
We left this place at feven o’clock in the morning. We landed on paffing the cata-
racts of Kuckula : we amufed ourfelves in noticing the movements of our boats from
the banks, how at times they appeared in the air, and at others ingulphed by the waves.
We faw there an ermine, which hid itfelf fo cunningly among the {tones, that we were
unable to find it: we fometimes faw them_run into the water towards the banks of the
river or lakes. We faw alfo birds of the eagle f{pecies dart into the waters of the cata-
ract, and carry away fifh in their claws: we were told that when thefe birds dart upon
fith of too confiderable a fize for them to bear away, they are fometimes drawn beneath
the water by them and drowned, not being able to withdraw their claws. At three in
the afternoon we arrived at M. Pipings’, where we firft landed on our arriving at Torneo;
we found there again the fame rooms and beds. It was the firft time from the fixth of
July that we laid between fheets. :
From the mountains of Nieva, Kukuma, and Cuitaperi, we diftinguifhed the belfry
of ‘Torneo, and from this belfry we had to take the angles between thofe three moun-
tains : the two firft were eafily diftinguifhed; but neither on Monday, nor at any
time on Tuefday, the twenty-eighth, could we perceive the third. At length, on Wed-
nefday morning, the twenty-ninth, we perceived from the belfry of the town mount
Cuitaperi, and we afcended with our quadrant to make our obfervations: the weather
did not allow of our taking them to our fatisfaction. During the night it rained a great
deal, and {tilt more on Thurfday morning, the thirtieth, The rain began again in the
evening, lafted all the night, and the whole of Friday, the thirty-firft.
After wandering about fo long among the lakes and mountains, Torneo appeared to
us another world. Lieutenant-colonel Dariez came to fee us, and invited us to dine
with him ; we all of us went on Friday : Mefirs. de Cederftrom and Meldecreutz were
of the party. The next day thefe gentlemen accompanied us to. the belfry, where we
ftaid all day waiting in vain for an opportunity to obferve our angles. We then re-
gretted the tranquillity of the mountains: we were furrounded by {pectators, who in-
commoded us, and were no ways interefted in our obfervations.
Sunday, the fecond of September, there was clear weather very fit for our taking
the angles; we thought of nothing elfe. In order to get rid of troublefome company,
and to make our obfervations at eafe, M. Celfius, who went to church, as foon as it was
over, went up the belfry and fhut himfelf in. M. de Maupertuis and myfelf pretended
to take a walk, and when by ourfelver e afcended to the tower of the belfry, where
M. Celfius, as we had concerted, wa: waiting for us, and where we had fhut up our
quadrant fome days before. Before evening fervice we had fuflicient time to complete
our obfervations.
We had now no more than one angle to take to perfect our trigonometrical feries ;
it was at Kukuma, to take the angle of Horrilakero and Niemi, in order to clofe the
heptagon which the fituation of places had allowed us to form, and which afforded us
fingular advantages for proving the feries of our triangles.
During the too long {tay we had made at Torneo, we had got ready every thing we
had to take to Pello for making the different obfervations. For the fextant alone three
boats were required : we had befides, three pendulums vibrating feconds, feveral fimple
pendulums, quadrants, barometers, thermometers, and a variety of other in{truments to
take with us. M.de Maupertuis had obtained an order for the lanfeman of Ofwer Torneo
to furnifh us with fifteen boats ; the foldiers and countrymen were fo anxious to ferve us,.
that.
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