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TRAVELS 
in the water, that it came fometimes into the boat; a circum- 
ftance which was by no means pleafant to voyagers who had fo 
recently changed their mode of travelling, and who were better 
acquainted with the dangers of land than water. Here we are 
then, entered into a country where all communication by land is 
precluded ; no more roads, nor horfes, nor carriages of any kind ; 
in a country where you may travel about four hundred miles 
without ever feeing either a fingle horfe, or any road. 
Kaulimpe is the firft village on the left bank of the river, where 
we changed our boat. We found here a lax-pat a, or palifade for , 
catching falmon. The people there had caught, in the courfe of 
the day, to the amount of three hundred pounds weight of that 
fifh. We bought one of the largeft of their falmon, and learned 
for the firfl time to eat it raw. It is cut into Rices tranfverfely and 
put in fait; when faked, it is left in a wooden difh with a little 
water, and after three days this raw falmon is delicious eating. 
It is a favourite difh with the firft nobility of Stockholm, info- 
much that they feldom give a fine dinner when raw falmon is 
not prefented on the table. This kind of provifion w T as a great 
refource to us during our navigation of the rivers, as we were able 
to preferve it a long time, and might eafily drefs it, at leak as 
often as we could find the neceflary trifling ingredients. 
At the village Tolufis, otherwife named Juoxange, eight miles 
from Kaulimpe, we changed boats and boatmen for the fecond 
time. This voyage was kill more tempeftuous than the former. 
Our men, like their predeceffors, wiflied to take advantage of the 
wind, 
