TRAVELS 
CHAPTER XVIII. 
Account of Uleaborg: Situation, Population, and Trade—Mineral 
Springs near Uleaborg—The Soil in the Neighbourhood of this 
Town, and its mineral Productions—The Climate and Seafons —— 
Vgetation, and animal Creation. 
T TLEABORG is a ftapelftad, lituated in 05 degrees north la¬ 
titude. It was founded by Charles IX. in 1005. It has 
two cuftom-houfes, one for the land, and one for the fea; two 
fquares, fixteen ftreets, and is divided into quarters. The popula¬ 
tion is about three thoufand eight hundred fouls. The articles of 
exportation are as follow: 
Tar (exported annually) 
tons 
30,000 
Pitch, ditto — 
— 
3,000 
Butter, ditto — 
— 
30,000 
Tallow, ditto — 
— 
70,900 
Salmon, ditto — 
— 
2,000 
Dried pike, ditto — 
— 
4,000 
A peculiar fpecies of herrings, ditto 
— 
300 
Planks, ditto — — 
dozens 600 
The goods that are imported from abroad are, wine, oil, and 
lemons, which altogether do not amount to much. The yearly 
importation 
