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day, as he did not think it advisable for me 

 to proceed, so as to come suddenly among 

 the Laplanders, before he had made my 

 design known from the pulpit. He was 

 apprehensive that I might meet with the 

 same accident as his own wife bad done, 

 who coming unexpectedly upon these peo- 

 ple, had a fire-lock presented to her breast. 

 Notwithstanding this, the rise of the water 

 in the river, in consequence of the advan- 

 cing summer among the Alps, was so rapid, 

 that I was on that account induced to hasten 

 my departure, after having engaged one of 

 the colonists to accompany me by water tö 

 the nearest habitation of some one of th^ 

 native Laplanders. 



May 31. 



The divine service of this day being 

 over, I left Lycksele, taking with me only 

 three loaves of bread, and some rein-deer 

 tongues, by way of provision. I presumed 

 that I should procure among the Laplanders 

 flesh of the rein-deer, cheese, milk, fish, 



