840. The wandering Scythia - clans.
875. M. de Maupertuis, in his book on the
figure of the earth, after having des-
cribed the beautiful lake and mountain
of Niemi in Lapland, says. - «From
this height we had opportunity seve
ral times to see those vapours rise from
the lake which the people of the coun-
try call Haltios, and which they deem
to be the guardian spirits of the moun-
tains. We had been frighted with sto.
ries of bears that haunted this place,
but saw none. It seemed rather a place
of resort for fairies and genii, than
bears. »
876. The same author observes. « I vas to
see upon the banks of this river (the Tenglio) roses of as lively a red as any that are in our gardens. »
83. The other hemisphere.
925. Sir Hugh Willoughby, sent by queen Elizabeth, to discover the nord cast