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Direction of the |yagnetic | _Furrows diverge |Direc- 
furrows by the |yariation.| from the meridian. | tion. 
compass. 
Strémstad and Christiania; but s > 
M. Fittinghoff assures me that 
there was no indication of the 
compass having varied in the 
Klackberg, for it gave similar 
results on several points of ob- 
servation; on the contrary, it 
appears that the direction of 
the furrows had received an 
easterly course, through the 
mountains which occur in the 
neighbourhood to the west and 
south-west. 
Furrow Observations by MM. Hiriakoff and Rachette*, 1836. 
On a journey from Stockholm to 
Abo and St. Petersburg. 
Furusund (in the Swedish Skir- 
BSmeAEDIi)E.s-2---s0ssasssee areneate 324 | 14 20 212 W. 
BPSHERATIONS cats cot sscescdvcesnesc see 16 | 12 0 28 E. 
One mile (Swed.) east of Abo... LZ ahl2y 0 29 E. 
Uskila church, near Salo inn...... 25 |} 11 30 764 E. 
One mile from Lambola ......... 35 | 11 30 464 E. 
At Svenskby inn .............00006 24-4 00 15 35} E. 
Between Fiskar works and Ker- 
Welds ccsss=<cas-e duidesetidseesssdsss 2h = 180 35 E. 
Between Kerkila and Orrejervi... 32 | 10 45 42¢ E. 
Between Kyrksta and Bolsta...... 25 | 10 30 354 E. 
Between Bolsta and Helsingfors 20 | 10 30 305 E. 
At Helsingfors .........sceececees x 15 | 10 15 25} E. 
Half a mile (Swed.) from Lovisa 10 9 20 193 E. 
At Fredrikshamn ...... eadvancesens 4 8 45 12¢ E. 
N.B. Judging from the principal direction of the furrows in the middle and 
south of Sweden, one would suppose that those in Finland would also have a 
somewhat westerly course ; but that this is not the case is shown in the 
above observations, which may be depended on: these show that the furrows 
go in the same direction as the watercourses in Finland, both those which fall 
into the Gulf of Finland and those which fall into the Gulf of Bothnia, which 
have all the same surprising parallelism remarked before by many authors; 
this even extends itself to the watercourses in the northern provinces of 
Sweden. What has given rise to this course, it is impossible now to determine ; 
for an accurate knowledge of the actual directions of the mountains with their 
branches, in the north of Scandinavia and Finland, is yet wanting. 
* MM. Hiriakoff and Rachette have, with His Majesty’s consent, been sent by the 
Russian government to the Fahlun Mining-School, and, while attending the courses 
of lectures, have taken part in the investigations respecting the furrows, and which, 
at my request, they will continue in such countries as they may visit. 
Skargarden signifies an immense number of small islands and barren rocks, so 
prevalent in the inlets and on the coasts of Norway and Sweden. They are generally 
ened; the depth of water between them is sufficient for vessels of any tonnage 
pass. 
Norte. 
