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salmon weirs or traps, similar to those on the lijoki, 

 and probably on all the rivers of Finland. These 

 weirs are formed of a row of stakes planted crosswise, 

 built in a long line across the current, and having 

 the interstices filled by smaller piles and sticks to 

 prevent the passage of the salmon, except through 

 square holes, in which are placed contrivances resem- 

 bling lobster pots. From one side are also stretched 

 nets, to increase the inducement to enter. The priest 

 at Kemi has a right to a tithe of the salmon caught 

 in his parish, and the editor of the Ulealorgs Tidning 

 has informed me that he has this year sold that right 

 for 12,000 marks, or 480. 



Within the shelter of the weir and the island the 

 current moved but two miles per hour, but was dis- 

 turbed by every boat crossing or ascending the river. 

 Bang ! rush goes the reel. Here he is again ; only a 

 sea trout this time, embarked without going ashore ; 

 then three more salmon, and, after a long pause, the 

 pike. The large ferry-boat, with a horse and cart on 

 board, has grounded on a rock in the best fishing 

 ground, and scared the remaining fish away. A salmon 

 fly upon our other rod was totally rejected, though I 

 am informed that they will take a fly later in the sea- 

 son, in July and August, in the Uleo and other rivers. 



Three hours, and a change of pony and cart, take 

 us to Tornio, with Herr Hermanson, the assessor of 

 the district, as our companion. He lives at Maikila 

 on the Kemi, and, like most people in unfrequented 

 districts, is pleased to see travellers. The small 



