TRAVELS 
THROUGH 
LAPLAND. 
CHAPTER I. 
Departure from Kengis—A heavy Shower of Ram—Pafage by the 
Cataracts—Arrival at Kollare—Smoke ufed in the Houfes for the 
Purpofe of keeping off the numberlefs InfeSis—Country near Kollare 
—Meet with a mof fkilful Boatman—Dangers and Difficulties 
fur mounted under his ConduSi—More of the Cat ar a Sis—The Boats 
drawn for a confderable Difiance over the Land through a Wood — 
Fmbarr affluent caufed by the boggy Ground in the Wood—The 
CataraSi of Muonio-kojki: a fuccefsful Attempt to defend this Fall 
in a Boat. 
" ITT AVING fet out from Kengis, we did not change our boat 
till we reached Kollare, a diftance of twenty-two miles. 
We performed this voyage in twelve hours, in the courfe of which 
our boatmen had only five hours reft. We were furprifed by a 
heavy fall of rain, which poured upon us for half an hour in fuch 
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