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449 
consisting of A, with O placed above it. Mr. Heler therefore 
writes it with the A simply. (See Note to p. 345.) Its etymo- 
logy may be found in the Exopolis, or Axopolis, of Ptolemy. 
P. 386, Note (1). “At the time of making this extract," 
&c.1 — In the Morning Post of the 6th of March 1810, the 
o 
following extract was given of a private letter from Aha, the 
capital of Finland, respecting the atrocities committed there 
by the Russians ; bearing date Fel<. 6th, of the same year. 
O 
Extract of a Private Letter from Abo, the Capital of Finland, 
6th ultimo. 
“ It is with the deepest regret that I communicate to you 
an account of the perpetration of atrocities, scarcely exceeded 
by the memorable massacre on St. Bartholomew's day at Paris, 
by the Russian troops, on the inhabitants of this ill-fated 
country. In violation of an express stipulation in the treaty 
for the transfer of Finland to Russia, a certain proportion of 
the inhabitants were ordered to be drafted, or rather impressed, 
into the Emperor’s service. The despotic mandate was in 
general obeyed ; and considerable levies were procured, before 
their destination was known to be the shores of the Euxine, 
to fight against the Turks. In the province of Savolax the 
alarm became general ; and the people, conceiving that they 
were exempt from service for a limited time, ventured to 
remonstrate against what they considered as an infraction of 
the treaty. Count Tolesky, the Governor of Finland, to 
whom the appeal was made in the most respectful and sub- 
missive terms, invited the inhabitants, by proclamation, to 
repair on Sunday last to their respective churches, in order to 
obtain a redress of grievances. This artifice had the desired 
effect. The inhabitants, who are widely scattered, and difficult 
to be got at in detail, were collected in a focus ; and while in 
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