134 LYCKSELE LAPLAND. 



The country bordering on the sea coast 

 hereabouts, in some places consists of grassy 

 pastures, in others of pebbly or sandy 

 tracts. Large stones are rare. 



The river of Umoea now began to swell, 

 the weather having been for some days 

 very warm, so as to melt the ice and snow 

 in the frozen regions above. The stream 

 was now so deep and strong that it was not 

 to be navigated without difficulty. In ge- 

 neral the strongest flood does not set-in till 

 Midsummer. 



This river, as I was informed, has its 

 source in the alps about a mile from the 

 sea of Norway, and empties itself into the 

 gulf of Bothnia at Umoea. 



No colonists are to be met with north of 

 this river. 



After proceeding for a while up the 

 stream, we went on shore to repose a little 

 at a cottage. The wind blew very cold 

 from the north. 



About a year ago a man who lived at 



