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316 OUTHIER’S JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO THE NORTH.
Excellency, after confulting with his friends, told me by no means to perform mafs in the
country to which we were going ; fince if we were to give offence in any meafure to the
inhabitants, we might expofe ourfelves to inconventencies, which would incapacitate us
from executing the work we were upon. Notwith{tanding, the inhabitants of Torneo
took no umbrage at our performing the offices of our religion, provided it were in pri-
vate, and with clofed doors. Having from motives of prudence abftained for fome
time, we met with gentle reproaches on the occafion from M. Foulq the reétor, and M.
Viguelius.
Sunday the third of February, although the thermometers were at 10° below o, as it
was fine, M. Sommereux and myfelf went to take a walkin the vicinage of the town, as
folks in France are wont to do in fummera little before funfet.
Wednefday the fixth, it was much more fharp, the thermometers funk to 20° and 25°.
During the night a great wind arofe, which continued all Thurfday the feventh, with
fnow. It was dreadful weather, the wind had raifed in different places prodigious heaps
of fnow, particularly along the houfes; of many it covered all the windows, and fome
{mall houfes were buried in the fnow.
The thirteenth, the Feaft of the Purification of the Virgin Mary, was celebrated in a
very folemn manner; there were prayers twice in the town church. Many people
received the communion. ‘The cold had fomewhat abated, the thermometers were not
lower than 13° below o.
Tuefday the nineteenth, the weather was fine and mild; fome {now melted in the fun,
Mefirs. de Maupertuis, Sommereux, and myfelf, went out walking. ‘This fine weather
did not laft ; the fame evening it became cold, with wind, and {now, which continued
the two following days. Friday the twenty-fecond, on going to the fouthern extremity
of the town, I was much pleafed with the fingular appearance which the heaps of fnow
drifted by the wind, and collected along the houfes, and on the top, offered. The road
through the town was exceedingly rugged, and the mafles of {now by which it was
bordered, very much refembled rocks ; notwithftanding this Mefirs. Le Monnier and
Celfius went to Kimi, where there wasa large aflembly.
Monday the twenty-fifth, it was much colder; the thermometer which was already at
15° yefterday funk to 20°. The burgo-mafter and four Romans who are the Judges
of the town, went to meet the governor. He did not arrive till ‘Tuefday morning the
twenty-fixth, and without {topping at the town, continued his route to Ofwer Torneo,
where he {topped a fortnight.
The firft of March we had a Swedifh officer to dine with us, who ferved in France,
he came from Peterfburg in fixteen days, and after dinner departed for Stockholm. I
conformed to the ancient ftilein keeping the feaft days, as the Catholics in Sweden are
wont ; we kept that of St. Matthias, on ‘Thurfday the feventh.
Monday the eleventh at night, M. de Guilingrip, governor of the province, returned
from Ofwer Torneo; Meffrs. de Maupertuis, Clairaut, and Celfius, went to dine with
him at M. Silfriflon’s where he lodged. ~ We went to pay our refpects after dinner.
Saturday the fixteenth, I made ready a telefcope, and went to the houfe of M.
Viguelius at Grenwick, on the other fide of the water, to hang a fecond pendulum, and
all of us went over in the evening to obferve an eclipfe of the moon. We had the whole
horizon towards the weft uninterrupted, which we fhould not have had in the town.
‘The horizon was thick and full of vapour: we notwithftanding obferved this eclipfe of
the moon ; but we could not obferve that of any of the fatellites of Jupiter, becaufe of
his not being but very little above the horizon at that time.
Although
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