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Sparm. 384. However, lie says this never happens but 

 when their nearest relatives, who are their natural guardians, 

 are dead. No one else will take the trouble of rearing 

 them. 



§ 4. 

 Of European Savages. 



I know of none that come at present under this deno- 

 mination but the I^aplandersi and perhaps some Samoieds in 

 Permia. Though they pay tribute to the Russians and 

 Swedes, they are in other respects independent, and have no 

 interior government. 



Of the Laplanders, some have fixed habitations, and these 

 subsist by huhtihg in winter and by fishing in summer. 

 Others lead a wandering life among extensive mountains, and 

 possess numerous herds of Rhen-deer, whose niiik and flesh 

 supply them with food. 6 L'Evesque, 443. 



Their dress consists of a jacket, tight pantaloons, and a 

 surtout, all formed of the skins of Rhen-deer. Of late they 

 use also woollen, which they procure from the Swedes and 

 Russians and coarse linen, which they wear in summer. 



Their 



