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islands, although scarcely a trace of cultivation could be 
seen, At one point the steamer upon signal slackened a 
little, and there came out from behind an island a small 
boat containing several stout young men and one elderly 
woman, The men all came on board the steamer, with 
their little baggage ; a parting adieu and tear told, in the 
universal language, of a family tie separated, if not sun- 
dered for ever, and the woman returned alone to the 
shore. 
‘The captain was sociable and inquisitive, and upon 
our enquiring for Evois, he said it would be found in the 
suburbs of Helsingfors, half a day’s voyage beyond Hango. 
Arriving at Abo, on the afternoon of the 10th, we spent 
several hours in looking about the city. It has a popula- 
tion of about 22,000, and is the seat of a Naval Academy. 
The preparations for a National Exhibition were going on, 
and our steamer brought a large number of agricultural 
machines and the like, intended for display. At a book- 
store we found an elaborate map of the country, and then 
ascertained with certainty that Evois was at least a hun- 
dred miles north of Helsingfors, and thirty miles from the 
nearest railway station at Tavastehus, with no regular line 
of conveyance between. 
‘Getting under way, with the first appearance of day- 
light, which here means between one and two o’clock in 
the morning, we continued our route among the islands, 
and late in the forenovn arrived at Hango, from whence a 
railroad runs by an inland route to St. Petersburg. As 
the steamer was approaching the wharf a group, consisting 
of two ladies and several gentlemen, stood looking intently, 
as if expecting the arrival of friends, and upon an answer 
to their enquiries from the captain, all eyes were directed 
upon the writer, who stood upon the wheel-house by his 
side. It was presently known that one of these ladies was 
a sister of Director Blomqvist of the School of Forestry at 
Evois, who having been informed from Stockholm of our 
intention to stop there, had come to advise going on to 
Helsingfors, One of the gentlemen was Professor Doner, 
