CHAPTER II. 



PREPARATIONS FOR THE JOURNEY, AND HINTS TO THE 

 TRAVELLER. 



The tourist who visits Lapland merely for the 

 sake of seeing the country will find little difficulty 

 in effecting his object. He will not require to 

 leave England before the end of May ; he can per- 

 form the whole journey from Hull to Happaranda 

 (the most northerly town in the Bothnian Gulf J, 

 via Gothenburg and Stockholm, by steam. The 

 Bothnian steamers start from Stockholm as soon 

 as the sea is free from ice. Of course this is 

 dependent upon the season ; but we cannot reckon 

 with any certainty that they can run the whole 

 way up until early in June. He will require no 

 passport, and neither guide nor interpreter, till 

 he reaches Happaranda, from which place he can 

 branch off in any direction he pleases. His jour- 

 ney will then be performed in boats or on foot, 

 and he will find far less difficulty in reaching the 

 wildest spot in Lapland than he would anticipate. 

 But if his object is merely to visit the North Cape, 

 his better plan will be to go from Hull to Chris- 



