#ch: s. alder

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BECAUSE IT IS HALLOWEEN, AND I JUST FINISHED MOTHERLAND: FORT SALEM, INDUCTING SOME NEW WITCHY MUSES:

Sarah Alder Petra Bellweather Nicte Batan

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"As am I, Madam President," Sarah replied, piercing blue eyes seeming to study Tamsin thoughtfully. She had been the head of the U.S. Army for over 300 years, the brief terms of presidents passing by like flashes for her. She had lost count the number she had served, but she had served them all dutifully.

Sarah had been absent the day of the assassinations where everyone preceding Tamsin in the line of succession had been eliminated, propelling somewhat of a novice to the height of power. There was much talk among civilian politicians and top army officials about how well the former Secretary of Veteran Affairs would manage. More importantly, the General needed to know Johnson wasn't going to screw the Army over simply because it was made up of witches.

"I'm only one call away."

@unbeleveable ASKED FOR A LYRIC ONE LINER ( for Sarah??) (One Call Away by Charlie Puth)

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YOU

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aldernatudeic

aldernatudeic (all-der-nat(ch)-oo-day-ick) - an aldernic identity for those who have or want to have a body of a deity made entirely of nature (clouds, plants, minerals, water, etc.)

("alder" from aldernic + "natu" from nature + "dei" from deity + c)

for day 21 of @epikulupu 's 1k coining event - theme "organic"

[ID: a mogai flag with seven stripes. in order these stripes are pale blue, light blue, green, brown, gray, blue, and dark blue. in the center, there is an off-white diamond with a dark brown outline. there is a dark brown branch with five dark green leaves on top of the diamond. /end ID]

[whatdoesshedotothem]

Sunday 15 September 1839 TRJ

4 3/4

10 1/4

Damp morn[in]g F[ahrenheit] 60 1/2° at 5 a.m. I am all ready now at 5 35/..

no c[oa]ch h[ou]se .:. p[ai]d for man watch[in]g the carr[ia]ge

last night ./50 and p[ai]d Gross this morn[in]g for p[ai]d yest[erday] for

d[itt]o d[itt]o ./50 – w[i]th all the [?] I ha[ve] made, it is

6 3/.. when we get off – 3 min[ute]s lat[e]r than the ti[me] –

damp hazy morn[in]g – forest immed[iatel]y on leav[in]g the Stat[io]n

neith[e]r of us slept well last night – A- [Ann] m[u]ch bit –

we had noth[in]g b[u]t plates and caps and sauciers and knives

and forks and tab[le] linen and our doub[le] bedd[e]d r[oo]m and serv[an]t r[oo]m and

p[ai]d 4/20 – Scotch firs this morn[in]g bark[e]d all r[ou]nd

for a yard or 2 fr[om] the gr[ou]nd at 6 20/.. lit[tle] dist[an]t left

fjord or lake – r[oa]d red coarse as yest[erday] sandy b[u]t good tho’ m[u]ch r[ai]n

in the night – forest and lit[tle] breaks all the way to

Säcjarvi [Sackjarvi] at 7 1/2 – one h[ou]se in the forest – sm[all] b[u]t goodish

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Nisalax

Urpala [Uppsala]

as the Gent[leman] s[ai]d at Högfors one might sleep at

Helsingfors [Helsinki] 237 v[ersts]

Wiborg [Vyborg] 44 1/2 v[ersts]

St. P- [Petersburg] 181 v[ersts]

Säcjarvi [Sackjarvi]  b[u]t

Urpala [Uppsala] seems

a good deal the

bet[ter] of the two –

Same sort of forest r[oa]d as yest[erday]

b[u]t less populat[io]n and bould[e]rs n[o]t so strikingly large –

the soil here a fine red gravel as yest[erday] and many

[expanses] of gravel-conglorn bould[e]rs –

mo[re] cattle this morn[in]g than ev[e]r bef[ore] s[in]ce Abo [Äbo] – no

sheep today as yest[erday] so few in these north[e]rn count[rie]s

can on[l]y be just en[ou]gh to supply the inhab[itant]s w[i]th wool and

a lit[tle] cheese and mutt[o]n – they salt the legs (the hams)

for winter – the Russ[ia]n male costume this morn[in]g ver[y] pret[ty] and pict[uresque]

a whi[te] frock coat and red belt or blue or dark and

often bound w[i]th the sa[me] – the wom[e]n wear a [strong]

linen? dark w[i]th narrow red stripes for pettic[oa]ts, and a bodice

or jack[e]t .............. and a whi[te] hand[ker]ch[ie]f

on the head – they all wear the red strip[e]d stuff – or

I ha[ve] seen many men wear it for jackets and trousers

8 25/.. sev[era]l baggage lit[tle] waggons and 1 horse and so[me] sold[ie]rs on f[oo]t

now at 8 25/.. just cross[e]d lit[tle] bridge ov[e]r lit[tle] stream and

cross[e]d a broad[e]r str[ea]m so[me] ti[me] ago the on[l]y two str[ea]ms

this stage so far – the forest too less swampy than the forest yest[erday]

at 8 3/4 consid[era]ble br[ea]k in the forest – unpaint[e]d

hamlet (we pass thro’) – one of the long[e]st flocks of

sheep we ha[ve] seen (recent[l]y shorn) – log houses

the trees n[o]t even flatten[e]d big boulder all among

the cot[tage]s – peas[an]ts wear bl[a]ck leather gloves like our

 Russ[ia]n costume

man bl[a]ck beavers w[i]the buckles

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hedg[in]g mittens – hardly out of the hamlet

bef[ore] the young forest beg[i]ns ag[ai]n (Scotch fir and birch, alder

bushes ev[er]ywhere in the swampy places) – but mo[re]

break, and anoth[e]r fields hamlet (scattered) bef[ore] at 8 55/.. and at 9

one neat lit[tle] ochre-yel[low] and whi[te] seam[e]d stat[io]n h[ou]se

at Nisalaks the old[e]r port[io]n of the h[ou]se und[e]r the sa[me] r[oo]m unpaint[e]d

flatten[e]d log-h[ou]se – br[eak]f[a]st boil[e]d milk and Wiborg [Vyborg] (criks?)

Wiburg  [Vyborg] 29 2/6

Säcjarvi [Sackjarvi]  15 1/6

Kiskila 14 1/6

Helsingfors [Helsinki] 252 1/2

St. P- [Petersburg] 105 5/6

br[ea]d tied up in a

sort of rose – and made

tea, and took my pint bot[tle] full

away w[i]th us – all

ready at 10 – off at 10 20/.. fr[om] Nisalax

we sh[oul]d ha[ve] liv[e]d bet[ter] here than we did at Urpala [Uppsala] I suspect –

nice lit[tle] stat[io]n – a lit[tle] meat on the fire boil[in]g when we ca[me]

in, and our milk ready in 10 min[ute]s or 1/4 h[ou]r – In 5 min[ute]s

pass thro’ the lit[tle] hamlet – and then forest rocky forest and big bould[e]r ag[ai]n

r[oa]d coarse red sandy as bef[ore] b[u]t good forest, till 11 1/4 good riv[e]r – 2 or 3

good wood, yellow paint[in]g h[ou]ses scatt[ere]d ab[ou]t and lit[tle] unpaint[e]d scatt[ere]d

hamlet – nice bit of open cultivat[e]d count[r]y – the

r[oa]d red sand (b[u]t good) and the soil red sand – still damp and

rath[e]r hazy – (Read[in]g Handb[oo]k artic[le] Moscow) soon

forest ag[ai]n – at 11 3/4 lookd[o]wn up[on] bey[on]d us (left) the

handsom[e]st gent[leman]s h[ou]se we ha[ve] seen in Finland, surround[e]d

w[i]th park-like gr[ou]nds – lit[tle] hamlet scatt[ere]d hereab[ou]ts –

h[ou]se and 2 wings – whi[te] w[i]th pea green roof – at 11 51/..

one neat good yellow, and whi[te] pilast[ere]d stat[io]n at

Kaskila and br[oa]d sheet of wat[e]r at a lit[tle] dist[an]ce in

front – anoth[e]r pavill[io]n-like gent[leman]’s h[ou]se alm[o]st in front

(to the right) fr[om] our stat[io]n yel[low] w[i]th pea green roof and whi[te] corners and

a whi[te] hexastyle portico (w[i]th pedim[en]t – the gable end) beautif[ull]y

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paint[e]d c[oa]ch h[ou]ses and stabl[in]g and unpaint[e]d barns and cot[tage]s

scatt[ere]d ab[ou]t the fine sheet of wat[e]r com[in]g close to the h[ou]se – ver[y] pret[ty]

Wiborg [Vyborg] 15 1/6

St. P- [Petersburg] 153 2/3

Niserlax 14 1/6

Helsingfors [Helsinki] 266 ½

here – one stage

last night to U- [Urpala] [Uppsala]

ver[y] pict[uresque] – and

[?] this morn[in]g – big boulders ag[ai]n conglom[era]te red granite as yest[erday]

pict[uresque] foresty stage to here – corn (rye) out in cocks

here – soon Scotch fir forest ag[ai]n – the cranberry and moss and heather

dispute as us[ua]l possess[io]n of the rock and bould[e]r

a lit[tle] farm and at 12 17/.. 3 lit[tle] stacks of corn thatch[e]d w[i]th straw and then spruce branches laid

on the top – here and ev[er]ywhere ab[ou]t they lay spruce fir

branches at the doors to keep one clean [crossed word] inst[ea]d

of mats when it is dirty as it alw[a]ys m[u]st be in wet weath[e]r

w[a]s this cust[o]m of strew[in]g branches in the way (as palm br[anch]

as our sav[iou]r rode al[on]g etc.) orig[inall]y to keep one out of the

dirt? now at 12 50/.. sandy and heavy r[oa]d uphill in the

forest – at 1 fr[om] the top of hill Wiborg [Vyborg] in sight, and

its fine island fjord, immense expanse of

wat[e]r and 10 arch wood br[idge] ov[e]r arm of the fjord on

left to w[hi]ch we wind d[o]wn and cross (deals and big bould[e]rs)

now at 12 7/.. 1 7/.. – beaut[iful] wood[e]d islandy expanse of

wat[e]r on each side – ver[y] fine dri[ve] fr[om] here –

at 1 10/.. cross anoth[e]r 10 arch wood[e]n br[idge] – the large

sq[uare] tow[e]r and 3 sm[all] point[e]d tow[e]rs of Wiborg [Vyborg] full in

view left fr[om] the br[idge] – fine wood[e]d dri[ve] fr[om] here – the

wat[e]r right – damp ver[y] sm[all] drizzling r[ai]n – bouldery com[mo]n

just bef[ore] ent[erin]g Wiborg [Vyborg] – at 1 20/.. the 1st barrier and archway –

then at 2[n]d archway and wat[e]r and wood br[idge] 13 arches, to cross

a steamer lying at the quai – ver[y] fine view of fjord and town

the old brick cast[le] close (right) on a lit[tle] isl[an]d – this w[a]s the large sq[uare]

tower I saw at the top of the hill at 1 –

enter the town at 1 25/.. – at the Society’s house good Inn at 1 1/2 –

  Strew[in]g Spruce

branches inst[ea]d of mats

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S[e]nt Gross w[i]th my passp[or]t to the police – asleep –

c[oul]d n[o]t be seen till 3 – had my h[ai]r done and A. [Ann] and I out at 2 40/..

took Gross to shew us the police – close to the gate by w[hi]ch we ent[ere]d

the town – recross[e]d the br[idge] on 20 wood piers pillar each form[e]d of 5 –

then up the fort-hill – near the br[idge] right on ent[erin]g the town beaut[iful] view of the fjord and suburb to the

westw[ar]d – ret[urne]d by the wat[e]r side – obs[erve]d the big pieces of red

felspar [feldspar] in the porphyritic (conglomerate?) of their

rocks – then on pass[in]g the bridge ag[ai]n and reent[erin]g the town

turn[e]d left along the rampart – A- [Ann] stood sketch[in]g the

old brick cast[le] on a lit[tle] isl[an]d fjord or [crossed word] moat

all r[ou]nd – A- [Ann] sketch[e]d the old cast[le] – its tower 8tagon [octagon] that

Look[e]d sq[uare] in the dist[an]ce – the 3 upper stories of the tower[e]d seem roofless –

the fjord on this side (tow[ar]ds the sea) ver[y] beaut[iful] islandy and

wood[e]d as far as one can see – the wat[e]r on the opposite side

the town ver[y] pict[uresque] but mo[re] like a pret[ty] islandy lake –

Deal sheds – a large raff y[ar]d near left (look[in]g n[or]thw[ar]ds) and lit[tle]

unpaint[e]d hamlet scatt[ere]d a long way along the waters

edge – hamlets (too, right, and nearer, sweep[in]g round to

the town) a large handso[me] suburb w[i]th good ch[ur]ch

yellow w[i]th red roof and tow[e]r cupola pea green – Viborg [Vyborg]

a large town tak[in]g in its suburbs – a large handso[me]

ch[ur]ch in the large sq[uare] oppos[i]te our Inn – 2/3 the men one

sees are sold[ie]rs in their long plait[e]d-in-behind fawn-grey

gr[ea]t coats – they look like monks or women?

then al[on]g the rampart to a lit[tle] pastern gate – w[e]nt out

by it ab[ou]t 1/2 way or mo[re] tow[ar]ds the good suburb –

then turn[e]d (right) tow[ar]ds the sea (along the outside

rampart breast-work) of the fortress –

w[e]nt to the waters’ edge – tast[e]d the wat[e]r – merely

a lit[tle] brackish – n[o]t at all salt – beaut[iful]

view fr[om] a round knoll of bare granite rock of

 ca[me] in at 5 1/4

din[ner] at 6 to 6 3/4

out at 7 for a

min[ute] or 2 to see

the ch[ur]ch en face

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each pier form[e]d of five uprights w[i]th a spur

fr[om] each side of the foot of each upright

on the top of the rock (right, on ent[erin]g the town – and close to the

bridge – so[me] sort of fortificat[io]n there) – on the top of the rock

large when bare, obs[erve]d the sa[me] ochre-yellow moss I saw

on the large old oaks in the park at Stockholm – and in

ret[urnin]g by the water side a lit[tle] of the blood-red moss I first obs[erve]d n[or]th

of Upsala [Uppsala] – scarp[e]d a lit[tle] off w[i]th the point of my parasol

stick – it w[a]s pulpy and vegetable-like – tho’ the wat[e]r trickl[in]g

d[o]wn it, made it look shin[in]g and so like recent blood, I alm[o]st

th[ou]ght at 1st (there being b[u]t a lit[tle] patch of it) that it might

be blood –

 the wide expand[e]d, lovely, wood amphitheatric islandy

fjord – the light at 4 3/4 beaut[iful] – the dark

distant bound[ar]y of pine forest back[in]g

the smooth light wat[e]r ver[y] fine – A- [Ann]

th[ou]ght she h[a]d nev[e]r admir[e]d a scene mo[re] –

2 brigs on the stocks here (lit[tle] trading vess[e]ls)

ret[urne]d by the gate nearest the sea the road winding

within the outworks – then saunt[ere]d along

the rampart w[i]thin the walls – ver[y] fine

view (nearly the sa[me] as bef[ore]) of the fjord, b[u]t

saw rath[e]r mo[re] of it – good town – a

reg[ula]r fortress – remind[e]d me in this resp[c]t

of Rocroi where we slept last y[ea]r –

ca[me] in at 5 1/4 – wr[ote] a lit[tle] din[ner] at 6 –

ver[y] good fried Sprax a fish tast[in]g a lit[tle] like carp?

excell[en]t veal cutlet w[i]th curr[an]ts on the top and lemon

and I ate it w[i]th excell[en]t pres[erve]d raspberry, and on ver[y] good

pres[erve]d green gooseberries look[in]g like olives and pres[erve]d

candied lemon, and sago pudding, and good coff[ee] aft[er]w[ar]ds -

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aft[e]r din[ner] the oppos[i]te ch[ur]ch door op[e]n, w[e]nt in for

a min[ute] or 2 – a sort of priest or man ab[ou]t the ch[ur]ch ca[me]

to see wh[a]t we sh[oul]d do – 2 candles burn[in]g at 2 silvery shrines –

b[u]t nobod[y] in the ch[ur]ch – too dark to see m[u]ch – b[a]ck at 7 1/4

and h[a]d Grotza b[u]t so long ab[ou]t gett[in]g and pay[in]g for [Podoroshma]

and chang[in]g mon[e]y and pay[in]g up bills that it w[a]s aft[e]r 9 bef[ore] all this w[a]s done –

the sm[all] damp r[ai]n and haze clear[e]d off bet[ween] 2 and 3 p.m. and

aft[er]w[ar]ds fine aft[ernoo]n and ev[enin]g F[ahrenheit] 58° now at 9 10/.. p.m.

our bill 16/20 – c[oul]d get no copp[e]r mon[e]y – pretend[e]d they

h[a]d diffic[ult]y in giv[in]g me 2 five kop[ek] pieces change ag[ain]st

the bill – and in chang[in]g my mon[e]y they ga[ve] me two

25 kop[ek] bills and one 5 kop[ek] – 55 Rub[les] for my Finnish rubel

notes some kopek notes 75s. and a few 50s.

[whatdoesshedotothem]

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4 40/..

11

at 8 33/.. alight[e]d at [Helingfor] Högfors to br[eak]f[a]st –

boil[e]d milk and good br[ea]d and butt[e]r – ver[y] nice h[ou]se to sleep at – the

beaut[iful] cascade (3 falls) of the riv[e]r Kymen [Kymijoki] full in

our view as we sit at br[eak]f[a]st – 45ft. of fall? or mo[re]?

the lit[tle] unpaint[e]d hamlet, the red mill, the lightish oak stain[e]d

timbers and arches of the good wood br[idge] acr[oss] the str[ea]m just ab[ov]e

the falls – the unpaint[e]d mill, and lit[tle] grey (i.e. unpaint[e]d)

cot[tage] or 2 on this side, w[i]th the pine forest at the back –

altogeth[e]r a beaut[iful] bit of scen[er]y – A- [Ann] h[a]d been sketch[in]g it –

off at 10 57/.. fr[om] Högfors  where we b[ou]ght a rye cake

fear[in]g we might fare worse – they h[a]d no mo[re] (w[oul]d

n[o]t sell) whi[te] br[ea]d or rusks – a trav[elle]r told me we

might well sleep at Urpula or Sackjarvi b[u]t

n[o]t at Risalaks – Scotch fir for[e]st ag[ai]n and bould[e]rs

all the latt[e]r n[o]t granite – obs[erve] one broken open

a mass of granite smallish gravel (at 11 1/4)

and the soil here a coarse sand or fine granite gravel

 r[oa]d d[itt]o – all the soil on the hillside here of this

gravel cov[ere]d w[i]th boulders and sprink[le]d ov[e]r w[i]th S[cotch] firs –

it is all al[on]g here that so m[u]ch naked (mossy) rock

is seen – and now 11 22/.. at a lit[tle] dist[an]ce is the long line of

unpaint[e]d cot[tage]s form[in]g the vil[lage] of Högfors? our r[oa]d

ver[y] wind[in]g – good r[oa]d – a lit[tle] str[ea]m also right

now at 11 22/.. for a min[ute]s – here, and ev[er]ywhere in [fjord]

Finland rude (light) one horse ploughs – Forest all al[on]g

and so[me] enorm[ou]s bould[e]rs – at 12 1/4 the fjord (right, near) and

and [crossed word] Fredericksham in sight – go along the

riv[e]r like one of the fjord till 12 23/.. at the head of it, and

turn r[ou]nd right and cross by bridge ov[e]r anoth[e]r arm of the

fjord, and now straight to F- [Fredericksham] ov[e]r the bouldery foresty

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com[mo]n alder, and juniper bushes – cranberry – heather and brackens – green – warty

pasturage am[on]g the bould[e]r and bushes – now at 12 1/2 pass

thro’ lit[tle] hamlet – at 12 33/.. aft[e]r pass[e]d thro’ the desert[e]d outwalks

ent[e]r the gate of the town, and at 12 38/.. at the Station at the oppos[i]te

end – n[o]t a sold[ie]r at the guardh[ou]se at the gate – four pass[e]d us in

the town – a good cupola green-topp[e]d ch[ur]ch tow[e]r and good white ch[ur]ch, and whi[te

]

wash[e]d good hot[e]l de ville w[i]th pea green topp[e]d cupola tow[e]r –

and a brick r[ou]nd build[in]g w[i]th green roof[e]d dome – and so[me] good look[in]g

h[ou]se b[u]t the town seems dull and desert[e]d tho’ the drums of sold[ie]rs

have just struck up their enliv[enin]g s[ou]nds – good, wood log h[ou]se

stat[io]n – off at 12 47/.. – yellow, a prevail[in]g col[ou]r here –

good barracks and exercis[in]g gr[ou]nd n[ea]r the gate going out of the

town, and sold[ie]r like sold[ie]rs [crossed] drill there – barracks

handso[me] build[in]g – yel[low] w[i]th whi[te] Cor[inthia]n col[our]s and wind[ow] frames

and dark col[oure]d roof (dark[e]r than dark lead col[ou]r) – the

water stretches a lit[tle] on this side, and pass thro’ suburb of

low unpaint[e]d cot[tage]s – now at 1 7/.. fjord n[ea]r (right)

consid[era]ble exp[anse] of wat[e]r shut in by forest to the waters edge – rock and bouldery

and thinly wood[e]d (left) – and birch lashes am[on]g the juniper –

r[oa]d sandy as bef[ore] – till 1 20/.. alongside or near this wat[e]r –

and now am[on]g hilly mossy thinly wood[e]d rocks w[i]th

anoth[e]r peep of the beaut[iful] islandy fjord – and a log cot[tage]

on by the wayside – oth[e]r peeps at the fjord aft[er]w[ar]ds – Grönvik

at 2 1/4 – Grönvik to Pytterlax  17 1/2 v[ersts]

to Wiburg  94 1/2   to Fredericshamn [Frederikshavn] 16 2/6

 Helsingborg 187 1/6

St. P- [Petersburg] 230 5/6

Lone h[ou]se – new one – n[o]t qui[te] finish[e]d –

will be ver[y] good – many good outbuild[in]gs

the fjord at a lit[tle] dist[an]ce in front – forest all r[ou]nd –

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sev[era]l carts (lit[tle] low waggons) at the stat[io]n and met

sev[era]l w[i]th a large tonneau (hold[in]g sev[era]l Eng[lish] hogsteads?)

cov[ere]d ov[e]r w[i]th matt[in]g 1 in each lit[tle] waggon – spirits I suppo[se]

off ag[ai]n at 2 1/2 – sa[me] sort of hilly rock, thinly wood,

(thin young forest) as last stage – coarse sandy r[oa]d b[u]t good –

a few pitches all today b[u]t noth[in]g to frighten anybody –

one may say, road hilly – here 2 55/.. the gravel

of the soil looks like [?] chalky gravel – the rocks

where bare ha[ve] been stripp[e]d of the moss to build

w[i]th etc. at 3 10/.. a lit[tle] unpaint[e]d hamlet –

still big boulders here and there – and anoth[e]r snow plough

or 2 – sa[me] sort of count[r]y and r[oa]d as last stage or two –

at 3 20/.. n[ea]r the fjord ag[ai]n (right) and a few cot[tage]s or barns

scatt[ere]d ab[ou]t and corn f[iel]ds as alw[a]ys n[ea]r the huts and in 5 min[ute]s

(3 25/..) an unpaint[e]d hamlet the lit[tle] farms (as the

lit[tle] hamlets alw[a]ys are) – oats out in lit[tle] round

cocks, and potato tops n[o]t yet cut here – black and whi[te]

and red and whi[te] lit[tle] cattle – this stage rath[e]r mo[re] hilly or pitchy

than the last – flock of sheep – these and all we ha[ve] seen

in Finland look as if n[o]t ver[y] long s[in]ce Shorn – 3 50/..

r[oa]d sandy – at 4 Emerge fr[om] the forest – plain – fjord

some lit[tle] dist[an]ce right and vil[lage] n[ea]r it at 4 among the unpaint[e]d cot[tage]s, and 7 or 8 red roof[e]d goodish

houses (to the left) form a good look[in]g vil[lage] – at the

Stat[io]n at 4 5/.. Pytterlax – good 1 story line of bulk

barrack nearly oppos[i]te to it – the stat[io]n h[ou]se neat b[u]t small

Log house w[i]th red roof – large boulders

ly[in]g in front of the h[ou]se on the green – and snow plough – red and dark green

granite bolders [boulders] – went in – alw[a]ys

nice clean beds – might ha[ve] slept

there ver[y] well –

Gronvik [Grönvik] 17 1/2

Urpala [Uppsala] 15 4/6

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Good whitish br[ea]d here – off at 4 21/.. – hardy

out of the lit[tle] vil[lage] bef[ore] we reent[e]r young S. [Scotch] fir forest

ag[ai]n – rocky and bouldery as bef[ore] – fr[om] top of hill (steepish pitch)

at 4 27/.. look[in]g d[o]wn extens[ive] open wood[e]d plain – hamlets

and cot[tage]s (unpaint[e]d) – and lit[tle] dist[ance] right fjord and

red-roof[e]d vil[lage] on the fjord .:. goodish vil[lage] or lit[tle] town

pass ov[e]r br[idge] ov[e]r nar[row] str[ea]m (at 4 28/..) and thro’ one of the

hamlets (ver[y] pict[uresque]) col[ou]r of the weath[ere]d (unpaint[e]d)

h[ou]ses hardly differ[in]g fr[om] that one of the Gr[ea]t boulders ly[in]g all

ar[ou]nd – bits of pasturage among them and the young S. [Scotch] fir and junipers

and lit[tle] patches (fenc[e]d off) of corn – just now and

last stage sev[era]l y[ar]ds of the road lay ov[e]r the bare granite rock

and as we just now gallop[e]d d[o]wn the smooth slipp[er]y

look[in]g I marvell[e]d at our gett[in]g d[o]wn so ver[y] well –

at 4 55/.. aft[e]r mo[re] morels of rock-r[oa]d, anoth[e]r

look-d[o]wn up[on] extens[ive] plain dott[e]d ov[e]r w[i]th hamlets and barn,

green rye and fields, and stocks of corn and big boulders as bef[ore] b[u]t bet[ter] clear[e]d? and

just now we pass so[me] Stolpe-beds and the roofs beg[a]n to

overhang a yard or 2 at the ends – diffic[ul]t to tell

the unpaint[e]d roofs fr[om] the boulders in the dist[an]ce – the dist[an]ce

all r[ou]nd shut in by forest – the potat[oe] tops here tied

in lit[tle] sheaves or bundles and hung over the fences today

now at 5 ag[ai]n a lit[tle] drizzl[in]g of r[ai]n and enter forest ag[ai]n –

this up and d[o]wn hill and Sale foresty breaky dri[ve] ver[y] pict[uresque]

and pret[ty] – now at 5 20/.. anoth[e]r lesser plain in view

left ov[e]r one lon[g] birch forest mixed w[i]th Scotch fir ver[y] young

8 or 90 yards [?] – and now mo[re] than now at 5 25/..

anoth[e]r wide plain (left) as bef[ore] – an unpaint[e]d

 Roofs beg[a]n to ov[er]-hang.

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left n[ea]r and a lit[tle] red roof[e]d vil[lage] mo[re] dist[an]t already[y]

mo[re] populat[io]n today than bef[ore] s[in]ce Åbo? we pass

scatt[ere]d unpaint[e]d vil[lage] at 5 1/2 – pict[uresque] [?] and big bould[e]rs

interspers[e]d am[on]g the lit[tle] cot[tage]s pass wood br[idge] ov[e]r lit[tle] river and at 5 1/2 alight at our

neat good lit[tle] stat[io]n – nice rooms – soon settled for

the night – at Urpala [Uppsala] they are Russ[ian] can[no]t speak hardly a word of

Swedish or Germ[an] so that we are all alike – no! one of

the wom[e]n can sp[ea]k a few w[or]ds of Germ[a]n – nice open airy

situat[io]n – wat[e]r n[o]t good s[in]ce our land[in]g in Finland

exc[ep]t A- [Ann] th[in]ks at Nyby – A- [Ann] made tea in our lit[tle] boil[e]r –

John (winter) fried us 1/2 doz[e]n eggs – the people furnish[e]d us

cream (we h[a]d our own br[ea]d and butt[e]r) and in ab[ou]t 3/4

h[ou]r we sat down to a ver[y] comf[orta]ble meal – and sat long

ov[e]r it – we h[a]d 1/2 a roll br[ou]ght fr[om] Stockholm beco[me] ver[y] hard

b[u]t good – we h[a]d rusks fr[om] differ[en]t places d[itt]o morsels of

whi[te] br[oa]d and Lond[on] bisc[ui]ts so that the fine-rye cake we

b[ou]ght this morn[in]g w[a]s n[o]t want[e]d – we ha[ve] latterly

br[ou]ght away butt[e]r in our lit[tle]-Götheborg [Gothenburg] wood butter-box

and charg[e]d it pro re natâ when n[o]t eaten q.g. this

morn[in]g, we left our Nyby butter and took br[ou]ght the

Högfors’ butter – we ha[ve] als[o] our still unfinish[e]d pot

of preserv[e]d lemon fr[om] ho[me] and red currant jelly fr[om]

Stockholm, and Mr. Behrens’ (pron[ounce]d Bairnes) comfits that he

ga[ve] us at part[in]g – strong and warm of orange peel or

essence of mint – In fact, we do ver[y] well – Rain and

thunder and light[nin]g bet[ween] aft[e]r 7 and 8 for 1/2 h[ou]r – h[a]d Grotza

ab[ou]t 7 1/2 – aft[er]w[ar]ds A- [Ann] and I at our books – she at the antiq[uitie]s

(Lardner) of Greek and Rome and I at my Swedish Russ[ia]n Gram[ma]r

and writ[in]g the last 20 lines – yest[erday] and today (in the carr[ia]ge)

look[in]g ab[ou]t me, or writ[in]g, or dozing a lit[tle] or read[in]g

Handb[oo]k or look[in]g int[o] Russ[ia]n gram[ma]r – I ha[ve] alm[o]st mast[ere]d

the letters –

 Wat[e]r n[o]t good

Urpala [Uppsala]

Russ[ia]n spok[e]n

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Last night at Aborrforg [Åbo?] 1st ti[me] of find[in]g

our room comf[ortabl]y warm[e]d – tonight, too, we f[ou]nd

the stove in the hall (the large mid[dle] room int[o] w[hi]ch

all the others open) burn[in]g and our rooms ver[y] comf[orta]ble

sure sign we are in Russia – the morn[in]gs and ev[enin]gs

are begin[nin]g to be mo[re] than cool – sat look[in]g ov[e]r

Swed[ish] Russ[ian] gram[ma]r till now 10 10/.. p.m. at w[hi]ch h[ou]r

F[ahrenheit] 59 1/2° - R[ai]n in the night – fine b[u]t dullish morn[in]g

a lit[tle] drizzl[in]g r[ai]n just bef[ore] and at the mom[en]t of arriv[in]g

at Högfors – aft[er]w[ar]ds fair b[u]t cold and a good deal of

cold wind till drizzl[in]g r[ai]n ab[ou]t 5 p.m. and heavy

r[ai]n thund[e]r and vivid light[nin]g bet[ween] 7 and 8 p.m. I d[i]d n[o]t

hear the thund[e]r b[u]t saw 3 or 4 flashes of light[nin]g –

Do n[o]t hear it rain[in]g now at 10 1/4 p.m.

  stoves light[e]d