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tlieretbre, to baron Grundell, governor of 

 Umoea, for a passport to the nearer parts 

 of Lapland, which was immediately grant- 

 ed. This oentleman showed the rj-reatest 

 readiness to befriend me, and appeared to 

 take much interest in the success of my 

 undertaking. He gave such orders as 

 might cause the public officers in Lapland 

 to lay no obstacles in my way, but rather 

 to assist me by every means in their power. 

 He himself gave me much curious infor- 

 mation, and showed me his own garden, 

 that I might observe what plants would 

 stand the winter here : concluding by ex- 

 pressing, in the most flattering terms, his 

 approbation of my appointment. 



May 25. 



The following morning I set out on my 

 way towards Lapmark. Leaving the high- 

 way, I came to one of the most unpleasant 

 roads I ever travelled. It was covered 

 with stones, betwixt which were thick en- 



