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323 OUTHIER’S JOURNAL OF A VOYAGE TO THE NORTH.
Wednefday morning, the twenty-ninth, departed of himfelf to join his companions,
which he could not effect without fwimming acrofs the river.
M. Viguelius, afliftant minifter and director of the {chools of Torneo, had compofed
a Latin poem in honour of the King of France, and the academicians which his Majefty
had fent into the North; he invited us to dine with him on Wednefday, and gave each
of us a copy. ;
Thurfday, the thirtieth, Afcenfion Day, was kept very folemnly ; we kept it alfo in
our little chapel. We had a large company to dine with us: the lieutenant-colonel,
with the gravine, which anfwers to countefs, was of the party. Sunday, the fecond of
June, very fine weather, and Monday, the third, the fame. I went with M. Sommereux
to the higheft part of the ifland to fee the fun fet: the upper edge pafled behind mount
Nieva, near to Corpikyla, and fhortly afterwards it again appeared on the other fide, that
is to fay, on the right of the mountain; it did not entirely difappear before two or
three minutes after eleven.
M. de Maupertuis went in the afternoon to fee the veffel which was to carry our in-
ftruments and luggage to Stockholm. We began to make ready for our departure ;
the following days were dedicated to this purpofe, and were fully occupied. On Wed-
nefday night, the fifth, many cafes filled with inftruments were carried on board the
veflel, nearly two leagues diftant from Torneo: the fea and the river are fo fhallow as
not to allow veffels to approach nearer to the town. We took our leave: M, de Mau-
pertuis rewarded, in a noble manner, all thofe who had rendered us fervice, and we
thought no longer of any thing but our departure.
DEPARTURE FROM TORNEO TO RETURN TO FRANCE.
Aut the inftruments, baggage, and one of our coaches, were put on board a fhip be-
longing to Torneo, which was {peedily about to fail for Stockholm. Sunday, the ninth,
Whit-Sunday, I faid mafs early ; and M. de Maupertuis, after hearing it, had every
thing ready to go by fea to Stockholm. Meflrs. Le Monnier, Sommereux, and Her-
belot, were to accompany him; Mefirs. Clairaut, Camus, Celfius, and myfelf, intending
to go by land, in the coach which for that purpofe was left behind at Torneo. The
wind became fair in the afternoon; and as M. Le Monnier, who was gone to Kiemi with
M. Celfius, was not returned, M, Clairaut took his place, and went after dinner with
Meffrs. de Maupertuis, Sommereux, and Herbelot, to embark on board the veffel in the
harbour of Puralakti, two or three leagues from the town: Meflrs. Camus, Helant, our
interpreter, and myfelf, accompanied them on board; we faw them fet fail at feven in
the evening, and returned in one of our boats. We went to Hapa Niemi to take leave
of the lieutenant-colonel, and at ten o’clock got back to town, where we met with M.
Le Monnier returned ; M. Celfius came back during the night, that is to fay, towards
midnight, for there was continual day. Monday morning, the tenth, M. Camus and
myfelf looked to our coach being put in order, and got every thing ready for fetting off,
It was two in the afternoon when we left the town: we pafled in a boat with our
coach at Hapurunda, where we were to find horfes ; we had much trouble in obtaining
any, they had but lately returned to their fummer quarters : a number of them, how-
ever, was brought, but very meagre, not having yet got over the fatigues of their winter
fervice. Weat length fet off at five o’clock: there was yet fome {now along the coafts
of the gulph ; we found fome at Sangis, where we arrived on Tuefday, the eleventh,
at half paft one in the morning. We could not obtain horfes here until the afternoon,
and then very bad ones: of the four which were brought us, only two could draw ;
M. Le Monnier and mylelf were obliged to mount the other two, which were badly
7 faddled,
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