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TRAVELS 
CHAPTER XVIL 
Departure from Wafa—Inconveniehcies of the Journey over the Ice — 
Arrival at Gamla Carlehy—Account of this Town—Proceed on 
the Journey: new Difficulties anjing from the Ice—Account of 
IB rah fad—Arrival at Uleahorg. 
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S travelling in the fledge becomes extremely difficult at this 
-*“■ advanced period of the feafon, we forefaw that we fliould 
have a very painful and difagreeable journey from Wafa to Ulea- 
borg. The governor of Wafa earneftly employed himfelf to trace 
out for us a route, by which we might travel the greater part of 
the diftance upon the ice; at the fame time he iflued an order, 
by which the peafants of thofe diftridts through which we were to 
pafs, were enjoined to fupply us with horfes all the way to the 
frontiers of his government. This was an additional marie of the 
obliging attention which we had experienced in fo many infbmces 
from him during our flay; but his orders in their execution were 
by no means of that advantage to us which w r e had reafon to ex¬ 
pert, for the peafants in thofe parts are not at all in the habit of 
conducting travellers, and are in want of many things neceflary for 
that purpofe. Their fledges are ill conftrufted; they are extremely 
flow in yoking their horfes, and have not a Sufficient fupply: 
we 
