Purkijaur
This location is mentioned in the following paragraphs:
(§543) I arrived eventually at PURKIJAUR, a small island with a spruce wood on its northern side and birch woods to east and west with the result that no harm can come to the com. There was a settler living there and he said that the com was never damaged by the cold because, in addition to the woods, the water also counteracts the cold. The situation in which it lay was excellent. In among the bushes I found 'Sceptrum Carol.' [Moor-king] and 'Pedicularis teuchrii folio, coma purpurea' [Marsh Lousewortl. The river Karats, where there is a pearl fishery, runs not far from here. Both plants were also found at KARATSVALLEN, where there were boats, and from there on they became common.
(§876) We arrived at Purkijaur at sunset and since there was no boat we were forced to make a raft. There was a mist and the night became so murky that we could not see 20 feet in front of us. We finally got out into the current and it very nearly separated us from the log-raft but, once that danger was past, we sailed along for 3 miles and reached the farm that lay on an island.
(§877) I hired a man in Purkijaur to accompany me pearl-fishing and gave him 6 daler for doing so. He made a raft of 5 logs, each as fat as I am, and 12 feet long. He hammered a wedge in at the far end to attach the anchor, which was a stone of about 18 pounds wrapped in a basketwork of birch so that it could not fall and disappear. The anchor rope consisted of 2 withies attached end to end, so the whole thing was 12 feet long. He also had a 12 foot pole - at any greater depth than that it is impossible to see the bottom of the river clearly. Thus equipped he set off into the mighty rapids, steering his raft with the pole. When he could see the bottom clearly he dropped his stone, attached the other end of the cable to the wedge, and the raft stayed still. When he wanted to move to another spot he drew up the stone.
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