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than 6,000 Russians in Finland ; the Germans, mostly engaged in trade and 

 industry, are five times less numerous ; and there are about 1,000 Gipsies near the 

 Russian frontier. 



On the other hand, there is a considerable outward flow of the population. In 

 1864 there were nearly 15,000 Finlanders in St. Petersburg, and Quaens and 



Fig. 107. — WlBORG AND ITS FlORD. 

 Scale 1 : 505,000. 



10 Miles. 



Finns are constantly mingling with the Lapps, Swedes, and Norwegians on the 

 shores of the Frozen Ocean and Gulf of Bothnia. Some have passed thence 

 across the Atlantic, and the little Finnish colony at Hancock, in Michigan, supports 

 a paper in the national language. 



