EAST BOTH LAND. 231 



September 30. 



The Finnish liquor called Lura is pre- 

 pared like other beer, except not being 

 boiled, instead of which red-hot stones are 

 thrown into it. Hence its purgative qua- 

 lity from the iron. 



Here I saw a flying squirrel (Sciuriis 

 volans) from Tavasthia. 



The long black rat, with a white lower 

 lip, catches birds, both on trees and in the 

 water. He holds fast by his claws, and 

 bites with his four prominent teeth. Tlie 

 Finlanders call this animal Mink. (This 

 seems to be Viverra Littreola, Faun. Suec. 

 ed. 2. 5.) 



A quarter of a mile from the city is a 

 mineral spring, of which Tillands has taken 

 notice. (See v, 1. 43, note.) It is older 

 than that of Medevi (near Vadste;na). The 

 current is so strong that one of the burghers 

 of the city has built a mill, to which the 

 water is led, but it does not always go. 

 Near the town a mine has lately been 



