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and settle down as a part of the resident population. As a matter of 

 course race-mixtures soon occur. The Swedish element in the far 

 north (in ancient times as well as now) has, comparatively speaking, 

 always easily adojjtcd Finnish language and customs. . 



Fisï. 1. 



The villages, which in later times have been founded in the Terri- 

 tory of the Finns, and which lie nearer to the mountains of the west, 

 viz. in real Lappland, have as a rule a darker population, e. g. more 

 mixed with Lappic elements. The larger and older villages along the 



