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'The temperature is remaikably similar throughout the 

 whole extent of country between the JBothnian Gulf and 

 the alpine ridge of mountains, about 69 of North Lati- 

 tude. But in those parts which lie between the Lapland 

 Alps and the Northern Ocean, the heat, excepting in some 

 of the valleys, is almost entirely regulated by the latitude. 

 In point of temperature, therefore, Lapland may be divided 

 into two regions, the inland and the maritime. In the 

 former the winter is very severe, and the summer very hot ; 

 in the latter the winter is comparatively mild, and the 

 summer cold ; the one being influenced by the tempera- 

 ture of the Frozen Ocean, and the other screened from its 

 action by the alpine ridge forming a circle round it. The 

 following table furnishes a comparative view of the mean 

 temperature in both regions, by Fahrenheit's thermometer. 



c Though the mean temperature at Enontekis is nearly 

 6 lower than at the North Cape, yet is the former place 

 better calculated for vegetation than the latter, and even 

 brings to maturity certain kinds of corn, which is quite out 

 of the question at the Cape. The reason is that the mean 



