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intended principally to catch Bream {Cy- 

 prinus Brauia). Here I observed the 

 Lumme, or BL>ck-throated Diver {Colym- 

 bus afcticus), which uttered a melancholy 

 note, especially in diving. 



From Norrala I proceeded to Enänger, 

 through a heavy fog, as it had rained vio- 

 lently while I rested at the former place. 

 Towards evening it thundered and light- 

 ened. In the course of this whole day's 

 journey I observed a great variety m the 

 face of the country as well as in the soil. 

 Here are mountains, hills, marshes, lakes, 

 forests, clay, sand, and pebbles. 



Cultivated fields indeed are rare. The 

 greater part of the country consists of un- 

 inhabitable mountainous tracts. In the 

 valleys only are to be seen small dwelling- 

 houses, to each of which adjoins a little 

 field. Even in these there is no great pro- 

 portion of fertile land, the principal part 

 being marshy. 



The people seemed somewhat larger in 

 stature than in other places, especially the 



