Pohjanmaa (Finland)

This location is mentioned in the following paragraphs:

(§959)

Österbotten

(§979) I had intended to travel around Österbotten a little but when I arrived at the inn I could get neither horse nor food since they did not understand me - nor did they want to understand me. I therefore travelled back from...[gap in manuscript] on the 12th August.

(§980) The Finns in Österbotten dress very much like Lapps, their clothes agreeing in the following particulars:

(§985) Österbotten is a waterlogged and low-lying country with many marshy lakes, shallow forest tarns and bogs. The grass grows tall but there is still such a shortage of hay that they buy horse-dung in Torneå, boil it in the built-in cauldrons in their cookhouses and give it to the animals to eat. They also heat water and pour it on reindeer moss.

(§986) The bread that the people of Österbotten were eating at this difficult time consisted mostly of the panicle of the barley chopped up small and ground.

(§991) It is not the Kemi river that separates Västerbotten from Österbotten but a small river to the west.

(§997) Daniel Cajanus, the tall Finn in Stockholm, was born in Österbotten where his father was a curate. When he was born he was no bigger than anyone else and was actually rather weak, especially in the chest, until he was 12 to 15.2

(§1011) Daniel Cajanus, the tall Finn in Stockholm, was born in Österbotten where his father was a curate. When he was born he was no bigger than anyone else and was actually rather weak, especially in the chest, until he was 12 to 15.2

(§1060) There are 6 ferries between Kemi and Torneå; the river at KAAKAMO ferry, which is closest to Kemi (3 1/4 miles), is the boundary between Österbotten and Västerbotten.

Practical data about this location:

• Written: Österbotten




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