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perfifled in our rcqueft, the young men began to examine their 
fhirts, as well as thofe of the girls, and there was a general hunt 
for the little animal we wanted. The poor flea was never chafed 
with fo much anxiety as on the preient occafion % One of the girls 
withdrew for a little, and foon returned holding faff her prey. We 
ftrung the vidtim upon the needle or the microfcope, and fhewed 
it to our audience. It is impoffible to exprefs the geftures, the 
exclamations, the cries of admiration, which the fight of this ani¬ 
mal of wondrous fize drew from them. Luckily the inftrument 
was of no great confequence, or I fliould have thought it in much 
danger of being broken in a thoufand pieces. Our fpedfators, 
male and female, fnatchcd it out of one another’s hands w T ith the 
mofl aftonifhing impatience. They never feemed tired of examin¬ 
ing the different, limbs and form of the little animal, accuftomcd 
to live at their expence. 
From Hutta to Kemi is about eighteen miles, which we ac¬ 
complice d on Monday the loth of June. 
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