CONTENTS. 



PART I. LAKES AND RIVERS OF FINLAND. 



PAGK 



INTRODUCTION, .. 1 



CHAPTER I. The Saima See, ... ... ... ... 3 



Journey from St. Petersburg to Wyborg (p. 3) ; the Saima 

 Canal (p. 7) ; Lake Saima (p. 9) ; Lakes above Nyslot 

 (p. 12) ; Koshells or Finnish Kafts (p, 13) ; Voyage to 

 Kuopio (p. 15) ; Svedjande (p. 17)* ; Lake Steamers (p. 

 19) ; Falls of Imatra (p.21) ; Return to St. Petersburg 

 (p. 26) ; Russian Monoliths (p. 29-30). 

 * Here and in some other places the word, through a mistake of 

 the Author, subsequently observed, has been spelt Sevanje. 



CHAPTER II. Boating Adventures on the Ulea and the 



Tornea, 31 



Waterfalls (p. 31) ; Tar Boats (p. 32) ; Descent of the Ulea 

 by Mr Nicolson (p. 32) ; Descent of the Ulea by the 

 Author of Frost and Fire (p. 34). 



CHAPTER III. The Water Systems of Finland, ... 43 



Account of the Water Systems by Dr Ignatius (p. 43) ; 

 Account of them by Dr Rein (p. 46). 



PART II FOREST ECONOMY. 



INTRODUCTION, ... ... ... ... ... ... 53 



CHAPTER I. Primitive Treatment of Forests in Finland, 55 



SECTION A. Details of the Practice of ' Sartage' or 



' Svedjande ' in Finland and Adjacent Lands, ... 55 

 The Operation and its Designations (p. 56) ; Similar practices ^ 

 in Sweden and Lapland, and in Russia (p. 59). 



