THROUGH FINLAND. 
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good part of the way, conftantly entertaining us with the beft 
mufic he had. 
In our progrefs from Teftile we were to change horfes at Hutta, 
a fmall village of four or five houfes, where they have one apart¬ 
ment for the accommodation of paflengers. Bad weather and the 
fatigues of the journey determined us to pals the night in this 
place. As it was Rill too early to go to bed, we fludied to em¬ 
ploy this interval in the bell manner we could. Some peafants 
and girls of the neighbourhood, prompted by curiofity to look at 
us, entered our chamber without ceremony. As we had fome in- 
flruments of experimental philofophy along with us, we wiflied to 
give the good people fome amufement: but the firft objeff that 
attracted the admiration of the men and young people, was my 
double barrelled gun: they fhewed fuch aftonilhment at this in¬ 
vention, that I am fure I could have purchafed with it the houfic 
and all the women in it. They afked me how much I had paid 
for it, and gueffing the price beforehand, one of them faid to me, 
“ At leaft one thoufand rix dollars.” They all exclaimed, “ With 
“ fuch a weapon the old man in the pelice (meaning the bear), 
“ would have no chance.” We fhewed them our thermometer, 
a telefcope, and laft of all, to put an end to their oh ! oh’s ! 
among other exclamations of wonder, we produced a microfcope. 
We prefaced this entertainment, however, by obferving to them, 
that before we could afford them any pleafure with this inftru- 
ment, they muff catch us a flea. The whole company fell a 
laughing at this demand, but perceiving that we were ferious, and 
Uu 2 perfifted 
