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carry out this rule. Our bait had not been long in 

 the water before it was seized by a good fish, and we 

 soon landed an id (whatever species that may be), as 

 we were told, though it resembled a sik or gwynniad. 

 This was our last attempt in Finland at angling, which 

 I did not feel it proper under the circumstances to 

 prolong, as the proprietor himself was wielding the 

 oars and it was already the early hours of the morning. 

 The same afternoon I arrived at Abo on my way back 

 to Sweden. 



On the whole, though so seldom visited by foreign- 

 ers, I had found Finland an exceedingly pleasant 

 country for the tourist. The mosquitoes are almost 

 entirely confined to the northern portions of the 

 country. As regards travelling, small swift steamers 

 are numerous both in the interior and on the coast. 

 One can reach Petersburg for six guineas from Eng- 

 land by sea, or for about eight or nine if one goes by 

 Sweden. 



A steamer leaves Millwall Docks every Friday, and 

 Hull every Saturday, for Gothenburg. Steamers 

 leave Stockholm for Abo and Helsingfors on Monday, 

 Thursday, and Saturday, and for Helsingfors and St. 

 Petersburg Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, the 

 way being entirely sheltered by the numerous small 

 islands in the gulfs of Bothnia and Finland. Finland 

 is essentially a Swedish country, and the arrival at 

 Abo or at Helsingfors is attended by none of those 

 inconveniences and annoyances which one meets with 

 in the Eussian capital. Guns can be taken into Fin- 



