146 TORNEA. 



August 7. 



The town of Tornea stands on a small, 

 island, inhabited close to the shore on the 

 south-west side. I call it an island, be- 

 cause it is bounded on the north by a 

 swamp ; on the south-east by the great ri- 

 ver of Tornea ; on the west and south-west 

 by an arm of the sea, like a large river in 

 appearance, but so shallow that no vessel 

 can approach within a mile of the town on 

 that side. This arm of the sea was for- 

 merly the king's road, (a channel obliged 

 to be kept open,) but now it is almost dry 

 in summer time, on the north side, towards 

 the swamp. 



I ascended the steeple from whence his 

 majesty king Charles the Eleventh saw the 

 sun at midnight on the 14th of June, 1694. 



August 8. 

 Nothing worth notice occurred. 



August 9' 

 Leaving Tornea, I proceeded to Kimi, 



