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CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER XIII. 
Arrival in Finland at the Town of Abo—Account of this City — 
The Library—The Univerfity—Admiral Heeling—Farther Par¬ 
ticulars of the Town of Abo ; its Situation, Streets, Buildings — 
The Cathedral—The Building of the Academy—The Harbour — 
The Inhabitants of Abo : their Trade and Commerce—The Caflle, 
called Abo-hus — — — *— 
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CHAPTER XIV. 
Departure from Abo—Difficulty of Travelling without a fufficient 
Quantity of Snow—Trait of Country between Abo and Yerven- 
Jcyle—Condition of the Peafantry : their Mode of Life, Drefs, and 
domejlic Comforts—Meet with an old Minjlrel— Contrivance of 
putting a Sledge on Wheels—Defcription of an Aurora Borealis — 
Reach Yervenlyle—Account of this Hamlet—Cat ar a It near Yer- 
veukyle: Appearance of it in Winter—Little Birds (Turdus Cinc- 
tus, Lin.) near the Cat ar alts in Winter—Dexterity of the Pea- 
fants in Shooting—The Dwelling of a Peafant deferibed, and re- 
prefented by a Drawing — 
CHAPTER XV. 
Departure from Yervenlyle — Progrefs through a large For eft— 
Danger to be apprehended from Wolves—Vejliges of a Conflagra¬ 
tion in the Wood—Frequency of thefe Conflagrations, and the 
Caufes thereof—Devaflation occafloned among the Trees of the 
For eft by Storms—Road through the For eft ; its Inconveniencies— 
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