The wide land of Lapland
n
the 1st of July the expedition moves on to Palojoensuu and from there
via Suonttajärvi on to Leppäjärvi. The party has now left
the Ostrobothnian region behind and entered real Lapland. They were looking
for Sami people to be their guides on the journey towards Kautokeino.
It
takes the party four days to get from Muonio to the Lapps in Raastajoki.
During this time they have time to rest, make natural observations and
collect samples.
At Palojoensuu the party comes again across a Finnish settler community. Acerbi records the big number of children in this place with only a few houses. From Palojärvi the journey towards Leppäjärvi is made along a winding and shallow river bed with several rapids in it. Acerbi shoots birds unknown to him and with pleasure listens to the happy singer of the north, the bluethroat. ''It is a miracle that this bird has not been taken into captivity to be kept in a cage''.
From
Leppäjärvi Acerbi and Skjöldebrand continue by foot to
Kiutasaari, an island inhabited by fishermen and a place where guides
are changed. There they meet Finnish fishermen who at last take them to
meet the Lapps.
READ IN THE DIARY:
At Palojokisuu
On the lichen
heaths of Lapland
A.F.Skjöldebrand: Thunder at Palojoki, Enontekiö
(a detail)
Kemi 
Tornio
Ylitornio
Pello
Köngäs
Kolari
Muonio
Enontekiö
Kautokeino
Alattio
Nordkapp
