THROUGH LAPLAND, 
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CHAPTER IX, 
Some refrefhing Springs of Water-—Farther Account of the River 
Alten — Cataracts—Rapidity of the River in fame Places , and 
quick Progrefs of the Boats—Plenty of FiJJi in the River Alten —- 
The Church of Maf — Mufquetoes—Afnall River called Keinof 
joki—A Chain of Mountains to he croffed—Dull and melancholy 
Appearance of the Country—Snow on the Mountains in the Midjt 
of Summer—Arrive at a folitary Cabin in a Wood—War with 
the Mufquetoes—Change of Scenery in defending from the Moun¬ 
tains—Regain the River Alten , and meet with a Salmon Fif ier —- 
Pafs another River, and purfue our Journey—Lofe our Way, and 
at laf reach Alten Guard. 
kURING the whole ot this journey, although we were for the 
moffc part on water, we felt a conftant thirfl: this w’as but 
ill quenched by brandy, and it was augmented by our mode of 
living on dried meat and bifcuit. The water of the lakes, greatly- 
warmed by the continual rays of the fun, was far from being agree¬ 
able ; but that of the fprings, which we now and then found in 
the little narrow vallies, fhaded by trees from the exceffive heat, 
was fo frefh and pleafant, that we could fcarcely refrain from taking 
large draughts of it at the moment we found it Some of thofe 
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