36 THE, FOREST LANDS OF NORTHERN RUSSIA, 



White Sea. Lake Sego is 30 miles in length from N.W. 

 to S.E., and 24 in breadth. To the north-east of this is 

 Lake Vigo, fed by the Vig, which enters it on the south- 

 east, and flows from it on the N.N.W. The Kovja takes 

 its rise in Lake Kovjskoe, in the southern part of this 

 Government ; flowing south, it enters the Government 

 of Novogorod, and falls into Lake Bielo, on its N.W. side, 

 after a course of 60 miles. 



In the number of its lakes, and the relative proportions 

 of land and water, Olonetz resembles Finland ; but the area 

 of the land greatly preponderates over that of the lakes, and 

 in waterfalls and rapids the similarity of the two countries 

 is maintained, though the similarity is not very great. 



