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and the boat, striking against a rock, ^vas 

 dashed to pieces. We both found our- 

 selves in tile water ; but the depth being 

 inconsiderable, we soon landed on the 

 island. Mj conductor lost not only his 

 boat, but a hatchet and pike. I lost two 

 stuffed birds, one of them a laro-e Heron 

 {Ardea cinerea ?) which was black with 

 a white breast; the other a Red-bird, or 

 Gvousach, as the Laplanders call it, (Cor- 

 I'MS, or Laniiis infaif.stus, see v. 2. 109-) It 

 was with great dilBculty we got from this 

 island to the shore. The sun shone warm ; 

 and after havins; wrung; the water out of 

 our clothes, we walked on for about a 

 mile, along the bank of the river, amongst 

 thickets and bogs, till we came in sight 

 of a colonist, who was fishing for pike. 

 He gave me some provision, and conducted 

 me to Grano, where I only stopped to rest 

 one night, and on the evening of the 8th 

 of June arrived at Umoea. 



Jujie 12. 

 Early this morning I set out by land 



