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ceeded to Lycksele. When the sun rose, 

 nothing could be more pleasant than the 

 view of this clear unruffled stream, neither 

 contaminated by floods, nor disturbed by 

 the breath of ^olus. All along its trans- 

 lucent margin the forests which clothed its 

 banks were reflected like another landscape 

 in the water. On both sides were several 

 large level heaths, guarded by steep ram- 

 parts towards the river, and these were 

 embellished with plants and bushes, the 

 whole reversed in the water appearing to 

 great advantage. The huge pines, which 

 had hitherto braved Neptune^s power, 

 smiled with a fictitious shadow in the 

 stream. Neptune however, in alliance with 

 his brother iEolus, had already triumphed 

 over many of their companions, the former 

 by attacking their roots, while the latter 

 had demolished their branches. 



We passed several small islets separated 

 from the main land by the action of the 

 current, ^sCalnasholm (the isle ofCalnUs), 

 &c. Close to the shore were many Cha- 



