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' II. The East Bothnia water-system, to which the greater 

 part of Lapland belongs, has a declination to the Gulf of 

 Bothnia, and is enclosed on the north, and the east, and 

 the south, by Maanselka. The principal rivers are: 



' 1. The Torneo, rising in the Swedish territory of 

 Torneo Lapmark, receives, where it touches the boundary of 

 the Kussian dominions, the Muonio coming from the north, 

 and after a course of 160 versts, upwards of a hundred 

 miles, in a southerly direction, forming the boundary 

 between Russia and Sweden, it falls into the sea at the 

 town of Torneo. 



' 2. Kemijoki, which, flowing from a small lake on the 

 heights, flows through Kemi Trask, and flowing from the 

 north-east, empties itself into the sea near the village of 

 Kemi. 



1 3. The Uleastrom, which, from the aid which, in spite 

 of its waterfalls, it gives to the promotion of inland 

 navigation, may be reckoned as the principal river in 

 East Bothnia, flows from the lake of the same name, in 

 which are collected large affluents from the Maanselka ; 

 after a westerly course by Uleaborg, it falls into Ulea 

 Bay. 



' 4f. The Kyrojoki, the largest river of the southern 

 part of East Bothnia, though not to be compared with 

 those in the north, empties itself into the sea after a 

 north-westerly course, to the north of Wasa. 



' Although the waters of East Bothnia empty them- 

 selves by different discharges, the principal water-systems 

 of South Finland have this as their characteristic, that 

 a number, perhaps hundreds, of lakes united together in 

 one common water-course, through this send their waters 

 to the sea. 



' III. The water-system of Satakunda, or Bjoerneborgs 

 Lan, is, like the last-mentioned, bounded on the north, the 

 east, and the south by mourn ain ranges, and has its inclina- 

 tion towards the Gulf of Bothnia. It commences in lat. 

 63 50' in the most northerly portion of Satakunda belonging 



