THE SAIMA SEE. 21 
the Paijaanne, between the station of Lahtes and Jyvis- 
kyla, there are six departures weekly. (3 und 4) A daily 
communication has been established between Tavastehuis 
and Tammerfors, and three times a-week between this last 
town and Wisuvesi and Filppula, 
There are also lines of steamers on the Pielisjarvi, 
between Nurmis, Lieksa, and Enaitaipale; on the Oulu- 
jarvi,. between Kajana and Waala, &. On, the Ladoga a 
regular line plys between Sordavala, Walamo, Kexholm, 
Kanevitz, Schlusselburg, and St. Petersburg. a 
The Saima Canal is the aquatic highway from the 
Baltic to Lake Saima, and countless lakes or lakelets 
beyond. The outlet of the waters is by another, a more 
precipitous and a more circuitous course, the river Wuoksi, 
which, after passing through several lakes and gorges in 
the mountains, and flowing onwards in successive rapids, 
alternating with the placid stillness of outstretched lakes, 
finds its way to Lake Ladoga, the largest lake in Europe, 
having an area of 6190 square miles—nearly equal to 
that of the whole principality of Wales. 
Into this lake flow also the waters of Lake Onega, and 
the waters of Lake Ilmen, while the northern extremity 
of Lake Onega almost connects it with Lake Sigh and the 
White Sea; and by the Neva, which flows through St. 
Petersburg, the waters of these lakes empty themselves 
into the Gulf of Finland, and thus into the Baltic, and 
thus into the German Ocean. 
The Wuoksi on its course has to traverse the mountain 
side of Salpansfelka in a furrow 140 feet wide, Through 
this narrow channel, about 3000 feet in length, sixty- 
seven millions cubic feet of water force their way every 
hour. Within the same space of time the Niagara Falls 
pour about forty-two millions cubic feet of water into the 
basin below, which is not two-thirds of the quantity of 
water rushing through the rapids here, widely celebrated 
as the Falls of Imatra. 
