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A gentleman of Uleaborg went thence by fea to Stockholm; on 
his return, the lhip’s Reward, in cleaning the plate after dinner, 
let fall into the fea a filver fpoon, which was fwallowed by a fal~ 
mon that chanced to pafs by. The day after this falmon made 
his way up the river near Uleaborg, where it was caught by a 
fiflierman. The filher went to fell the fpoon to a filverfmith, who, 
on recognizing the cypher, immediately conveyed it to the gen¬ 
tleman’s wife. The lady, who had not received any intelligence 
from her hufband fmce his departure from Uleaborg, was {truck 
with the belief that he had been lhipwrecked ; and this feemed 
the more probable, as his return had been delayed by contrary 
winds. The gentleman at lalt confoled his afflidted wife by his 
re-appearance, and amufed her with the recital of the mode in 
which the River fpoon was loft. 
With regard to the foil in the vicinity of Uleaborg, it differs in 
fome particulars ; but it is generally fandy. In the valleys, on the 
ftdes of rivulets, and on the banks of the river Ulea, there is to be 
found fome mould; but in fuch fmall quantities as fcarcely to 
be worthy of notice. If there be any to be difcovered elfewhere, 
it has either been wafhed down from the adjacent hills, or has 
been ground on which country-houfes formerly ftood. Marl, the 
•creta argillacea fijjlli-fr lab ills, 'Linn, is, as far as I know, not to be 
met with in this neighbourhood, nor chalk, nor lime-earth ; but 
lime-ftone has been found in the parifhes of Kemi Muhos, Pal- 
damo, and Fijao. In Padesjerfoi a copper-mine has been dif¬ 
covered, which is now wrought. The ore is pyrites ferreo-cnp- 
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