13th. Wednesday [– 14th Thursday].1
We left Åmine at about 10 o’clock A.M. and rode all day, and all the night and arrived at about 12. o’clock at Åbo, on the 14th. This is a small town not much fortified but it is the capital of the province of Finland and is said to be the largest town in Sweden except Stockholm.
| From Lovisa to | Swed: Miles | |
| Perna | 1 | 1/4. |
| Forsby. | 1. | |
| Ilby. | 1 | 1/4 |
| Borgo. | 1. | |
| Wäkaski | 1 | 1/4 |
| Sibbokykeky [Sibbo] | 1 | 1/4 |
| Hakbolo [Haxböle] | 1 | 1/2 |
| Helsingfors | 1 | 3/4. |
1. This entry continues into the next day without a pause; the dateline is in the margin.

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