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ther below the shoulders. No. 4 is fixed 

 upon the neck, and fastened with f f over 

 the chest, forming the saddle, the hairy part 

 serving to keep it from galling the animal. 

 The ends, c c, pass between the hind legs, 

 and to them is fixed, as before mentioned, 

 the leather which draws the sledge. 



I understood that the water, along part 

 of which I had pursued my route, was di- 

 vided into broad navigable spaces, inter- 

 rupted frequently by narrow or precipitous 

 passes, called by the name of a forss^ 

 force, of which a long enumeration was 

 given me. 



The pasture ground near the parsonage 

 of Lycksele was very poor, but quite the 

 reverse about a quarter of a mile distant. 

 Here the butter was extremely remarkable 

 for its fine yellow colour, approaching al- 

 most to a reddish or saffron hue. On my 

 inquiring what kind of herbs most abound^ 

 ed in these pastures, the people gave me a 

 description of one which I judged to be a 

 Mclampijrum, and on my drawing a sketch 



