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very pretty ornaments for their cottages. They 

 work neatly in silver, brass, and other metals ; 

 and there are few things for the purchase of which 

 they are obliged to have recourse to the distant 

 towns. 



Their methods of brewing and baking are very 

 simple. The first consists in a simple infusion 

 of barley, which, with the young shoots of juni- 

 per, produces a weak but pleasant beverage. 

 In making their flad brod, or flat bread, they 

 nn'x rye-flour with water, and when the dough 

 is well kneaded, roll it out like a pancake, 

 but not thicker than a wafer. As fast as they 

 are made they are placed on a gridiron, and one 

 minute bakes them. Prepared in this way, the 

 rye loses its coarse taste, and the bread is 

 agreeable. 



You will not, probably, be inclined to imitate 

 them, but I am sure you will admire the ingenuity 

 of these people in the manner they employ the 

 black ants to make vinegar. These creatures 

 have gigantic habitations, which, in size and ap- 

 pearance, are not very unlike the yamme, or hut, 

 of the coast Laplanders. The ant hills are five 

 feet in height; and are composed of decayed 

 wood, pine-leaves, and bark, mixed up with 

 earth and strengthened by bits of branches, 

 which must require the efforts of a vast number 

 to move. Streets and alleys branch off in every 

 direction from the main entrance, which is a foot 



