MEMOIR OP LINNAEUS. 
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rein-deer, cheese, milk, fish, fowl, &c.; nor indeed 
could I well take any 'thing more at present, for 
whenever we came to any shoals or falls in the 
river, it was necessary for my companion to take 
our boat on his head over mountains and valleys ; 
so that I had not only my own luggage to carry at 
such times, but his likewise. Having next morn- 
ing come within the territories of the nearest Lap- 
lander, we left our boat on the bank of the river, 
and went in search of this man through the wild 
forest, where we saw no more traces of roads or 
enclosures than if the country had been uninhabited. 
W e met, however, with several deserted huts, where 
he had at one time or other resided. 
“ Being exceedingly tired with this walk, I was 
glad to repose myself here in the desert, while my 
Finland conductor went in search of my future 
guide. Nor was I without considerable fears that 
this man, when he had met with the Laplander, 
might not be able to find me again ; but about noon 
he returned accompanied by a Laplander, who took 
charge of me, inviting me home to his hut, where 
he treated me with fish and fresh water. 
“ I was afterwards conducted from one Laplander 
to another, till I came to a part of the river about 
twenty-five miles above Lycksele, where there was 
a sort of bay or creek which we were under the 
necessity of wading through. The water reached 
above our waists, and was very cold. In the midst 
of this creek was so deep a hole, that the longest 
