Excerpt from Travels Through Sweden, Finland, and Lapland, to the North Cape, in the Years 1798 and 1799, Vol. 2 of 2
Departure from Kengis - A heavy Shower of Rain - Passage by the Cataracts - Arrival at Kollare - Smoke used in the Houses for the Purpose of keeping off the numberless Insects - Country near Kollare - Meet with a most skilful Boatman - Dangers and Difficulties surmounted under his Conduct - More of the Cataracts - The Boats drawn for a considerable Distance over the Land through a Wood - Embarrassment caused by the boggy Ground in the Wood - The Cataract of Muonio-koski: a successful Attempt to defend this Fall in a Boat.
Having set out from Kengis, we did not change our boat till we reached Kollare, a distance of twenty-two miles. We performed this voyage in twelve hours, in the course of which our boatmen had only five hours rest.
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