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not for the abundance of this fine water, 

 nobody could travel in Lapland, for there 

 are no houses of refreshment. Bacchus 

 and Ceres are both unknown there, though 

 Venus meets with due honours. The greater 

 part of the springs and rivers originate in 

 the snow water of the alps ; hence the 

 latter are twice or thnce as full when the 

 weather is warm in that part of the country. 

 I one day showed a Laplander some of 

 the drawings in my manuscript journal. 

 He was alarmed at the sight ; took off his 

 cap, made a bow, and remained with his 

 head inclined, and his hand clapt to his 

 breast, mumbling some words to himself, 

 and tremblino; as if he was p-oino; to faint 

 away*. Many people are afraid of a Jack 

 in a box. 



A curious stratagem was related to me 



* This simple I^aplander certainly took Linnaeus 

 for a conjurer, and the book for something equivalent 

 to the magical drum of his own country, to which 

 he resorts, in time of doubt or trouble, with as much 



confidence as a devotee to the shrine of a saint, or 



any other ''Jack in a box," 



