THROUGH FINLAND. 
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CHAPTER XXV. 
The Minjfier of the Parijh of Kemi—Environs of this Town—The 
River near Kemi: Danger of navigating it—The Churchy a mag¬ 
nificent Building—Striking Contrafi it makes with the miferable 
Huts around it—JValk from Kemi to a fhort Difiance to look at 
fome Church Bells—Experiment tried by the Author of a Fin- 
landifh Vapour-Bath—Some Intelligence relative to Botany and 
Entomology—Departure from Kemi, and arrival at Tornea. 
“^T^TE were lodged at Kemi in the houfe of Mr. Caftrein. This 
w ” gentleman, whom I had not feen before, though I had 
heard much of him at Uleaborg, was the perfon who propofed to 
attend us on our northern expedition. He is a man of extreme 
gentlenefs and politenefs of manners, and is poftcfled of much 
knowledge, though without pretenfion to it, and without being 
aware of his own merit. He fpeaks Latin well, French a little, 
and underftands German. Latin and German w f ere the languages 
we preferred for our converfation. Mr. Caftrein is the firft mi¬ 
nifter of the parifti of Kemi; and he has the fuperintendence of a 
country comprehending about nine hundred Englifh miles fquare. 
Befides his wife and children, he has eleven brothers and fillers to 
fupport: by this numerous family he is looked up to as their com¬ 
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