98 LYCKSELE LAPLAND. 



See a sketch of this boat annexed. 

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Its length was twelve feet, breadth five, 

 and depth two. The thickness of the edge 

 not more than two lines. The four planks 

 which formed each of its sides were of root 

 of spruce fir, each about a span broad and 

 four lines thick. The two transverse boards 

 or seats were of the branches of the same 

 tree. The seams were secured obliquely 

 with cord as thick as a goosequill. 



Ice was still to be seen here and there 

 near the shore of the river, though not in 

 any great quantity. 



The trees of this neighbourhood are 

 principally Common Fir [Phiits sijlvestris), 

 with a smaller proportion of Spruce (P. 

 A hies), and Birch. Now and then some 

 i^oplars are to be seen. The shrubs are 



