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lander takes the opportunity of loading bis 

 gun, and firing a second time ; when he is 

 generally sure of hitting the mark, and the 

 bear either falls upon the spot or runs away. 



July 24. 



In the huts of this neighbourhood I 

 observed an instrument which I had no 

 where noticed before, consisting of an ob- 

 long board, placed transversely at the end 

 of a pole. Its use is to stir the pot while 

 boiling. 



Directly opposite to Hyttan towards the 

 west, and on the south of the mountain of 

 Wallivari, is a vein of fine iron ore, but 

 hardly worth working while the roads, by 

 which it must be conveyed to Lulea, are 

 in so bad a state. 



This night I beheld a star, for the first 

 time since I came within the arctic circle. 

 Nevertheless the darkness was not con- 

 siderable enough to prevent my reading or 

 Meriting whatever I pleased. 



One of the Laplanders had caught a 



