THROUGH FINLAND. 
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“ gate of rocks and flippery Rones, after which you again find the 
“ wood which formerly extended to the top; I fay formerly, becaufe 
“ we had all the trees cut down with which the fummit was co- 
“ vered. The north fide of the mountain confifts in a frightful 
“ precipice of rocks, in which the hawks build their nefts. At 
“ the foot of this rock runs the Tenglio, which winds round the 
Avafaxa before it difcharges itfelf into the Tornea. From this 
“ mountain the profpedd is very beautiful. Towards the fouth it 
“ is open and unbounded, and the river Tornea is feen to a vafi: 
“ extent. On the eaft, the eye traces the Tenglio as far as its 
“ courfe through fundry lakes. The view to the north extends 
“ to twelve or fifteen leagues, where it is interrupted by an aflem- 
“ blage of mountains heaped on one another, reminding the fp&> 
“ tator of the reprefentations that are made of chaos, but among 
“ which it would not be ealy to find one that would do juftice to 
“ the prolpedt from Avafaxa.” Maupert. vol. iii. 8vo. p. 110. 
On the higheft fummit of the mountain we found a quantity 
of the remains of burnt wood, and many fragments which the 
lapfe of time had rotted and reduced to decay. We imagined 
that they might be the relics of the trees which Maupertuis em¬ 
ployed in erecting his fignals ; but we were informed by the pea¬ 
sants, that they were left from the fignals of alarm which had 
been raifed in the year 174/, and likewife in the laft war of Fin¬ 
land. Thefe fignals confift in heaps of wood which are fet on 
fire to apprife the natives of the approach of an enemy. We our- 
Selves made a large fire for our amufement as well as to mark 
the 
