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Forests abound, especially in Tavastland, whence timber is exported in large quantities, while agriculture flourishes in all these provinces. Crops are generally grown in the valleys, while in other parts the sides and summits of the hills are usually selected for cultivation.
Some years ago the forests of Tavastland were infested with wolves, and during one fatal season a large number of cattle and even some children were devoured, but a battue organized by the peasantry cleared the brutes out of the country. You may now shoot hares here, and any number of wild fowl, but that is about all.
I am told that gold has lately been discovered there, but it would need a considerable amount of the precious metal to tempt me into Finnish Lapland in summer-time. Ostrobothnia, which lies immediately south of this undesirable district, contains the towns of Tornea and Uleaborg. We will pass on to the provinces of Central Finland, viz., Tavastland, Savolax, and Karelia.
Perhaps this is owing to the fact that their ancestors have emigrated hither, principally within the last two centuries, from the early home of the race Tavastland, the shores of the Pajana Lake, and the Gulf of Finland.
The provinces of which the Grand Duchy is composed are as follows, running from north to south: Finnish Lapland, Ostrobothnia, Satakunta, Tavastland, Savolax, Karelia, Finland proper, Nyland, and the Aland Islands.
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