Connection of the Physiognomy of a Country, S^c. 359 



The wanderings of the Laplanders generally take place m 

 the following order : In winter, they remain partly in the vast 

 moorish tracts, partly in the forests of Lapland ; and in spring, 

 the torment caused to the rein-deer by gnats and rein-deer 

 flies, forces them to remove to the Norwegian confines, where 

 these insect-enemies are less troublesome, and where the ani- 

 mals rnay enjoy the snow. Some Laplanders proceed to the val- 

 leys, and to the islands near the coast. In autumn, they re- 

 turn to the Lapland plains. In some districts, they spend the 

 winter in the Norwegian Alpine valleys ; but so soon as the 

 snow drives them away, they seek the coasts, until the spring 

 again renders the Alps passable. The Laplander always 

 pitches his tent in the neighbourhood of a forest, in order to 

 obtain fuel ; while in summer, the presence of a river or a 

 spring, is a necessary condition in the choice of a residence — 

 melted snow supplying the necessary water in winter. 



The fondness of the Laplanders for silver money is well 

 known, and it is only those who have intercourse with the in- 

 habitants of the coasts who take paper money. It is assei'ted, 

 that they are still in the habit of burying their money in the 

 mountains, which is easily understood, when we consider, on 

 the one hand, their timidity and mistrust ; and on the other, 

 that it must be extremely difficult for them to carry articles 

 of value about with them during their constant wanderings. 

 The natural consequence is, that considerable sums are lost 

 among the mountains, as death frequently surprises the Lap- 

 lander before it is possible for him to reveal to his relations 

 the .spot where the treasure is buried ; and as it is not possible 

 to indicate it without being actually at the locality — a circum- 

 stance which does not often occur.* 



I. Connection of the Phi/siognomy of a Country, with the Cha- 

 racter of its Inhabitants. — I. Belgium. — //. Holland. — ///. 

 Midnight Scene on the Ocean. — IV. A Scene in Norway. 



I. Belgium. 

 Mr TroUope indulges in much censure of the manners and morals of the 

 Belgians, and commits the customary blunder of English travellers, in im- 



* From Blom's Konigreich Nonvgen statistisch beschriehett. 1843. 



