FINLAND

lies along the north eastern e|}shores of the Baltic, and bas ao area of ye | 145,000 aqnare miles. It was annexed by ¢| Ru ia in 1809. Four-6fthsof its peoplearo r-| peasant proprietors, the inhabitants of Abo ve} and ite capital, Helsingfors, being mostly ye | Swedes. It is a country of Iskes, water i, | ways, and vast forests owned by the State. 1e | Snow lies from November till April, when b| there follows a short spring end a bot i.jsmmmer. The Emperor of Rusa is e | Grand-Duke of Finland, and the abe 4} ment is vested in him, a senate of; a nominated hy him, and a diet., [s. 143]