236 TRAVELS IN THE EIGHTIES. 



largest maps (that of Inberg, Helsingfors, being good, 

 but a larger one exists) present such a mass of lakes 

 that to pick out courses of rivers is like translating a 

 cypher. The lake system of Central Finland drains 

 through Lake Paijanne, the longest lake in the Grand 

 Duchy, by means of the Kymmene Eiver, into the Gulf 

 of Finland ; the northern and western portions, by 

 means of innumerable rivers, into the Gulf of Both- 

 nia, including the Uleo running out of the large 

 lake of that name, and the Kumo flowing from the 

 Nasi and Pyha lakes near Tammerfors; lastly, the 

 eastern portion, or Saima lake system, is drained by 

 the Vuoksa into Lake Ladoga. 



The railway extends from St. Petersburg up to 

 Uleaborg, lying in lat. 65 N., the most northern 

 line in the world (not counting as railway communi- 

 cation a portion of line built for mining purposes near 

 the Luleo), and has branch lines to the following 

 towns on the way north : Willmanstrand, with 

 steamboat connections all over E. Finland; Wesijarvi, 

 with steamboat connections over central Finland ; 

 Helsingfors the capital, Hango, Abo, Wasa, and 

 Gamla Karleby. 



