Kajana

It was at _Kajana_, a town lying on a stretch of the famous _Uleå_ rapids.

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From _Kajana_ to _Uleåborg_ one travels down the splendid _Oulu_ river and across the _Oulujärvi_ lake, joining the river again on the other side of _Waala_.

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So exhausted, in fact, were we, after our late experiences, that when -- twenty-eight hours after leaving _Kajana_, twenty-eight hours of constant strain -- we got into the little steamer at _Muhos_ which was to convey us the last part of our journey to _Uleåborg_, we were literally worn out.

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The second proved to be a delightful man; a young engineer who was employed in planning the route for the new railway to _Kajana_.

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As we had driven on towards _Kajana_ we had repeatedly passed pine-trees from which part of the bark was cut away, and, not realising we were now in _tar-land_, wondered at such destruction.

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_Kajana_ not much better, although the rapids make it of great interest.

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Out we sallied, therefore, to ask the coachman how soon he could be ready to drive on to _Kajana_.

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Now he was on his way home, and had come up through Kuopio, and had got on past Kajana already, but now it had just begun to snow, and as the storm grew worse, he pressed on to reach the cabin of a friend who lived not far ahead; and he intended to stay there until the storm should subside and the weather be fit for travelling once more.

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Sometimes we simply gasped -- especially when nearing _Kajana_, and we knew we had to go under the bridge before us, while the youth was steering apparently straight for the rocks on the shore.

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"But," remonstrated Grandpapa, "it is not so very far to _Kajana_, and the ladies are anxious to get to the end of their journey."

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