M AN. 47 



Those hyperborean nations, however, notwith- 

 standing their diminutive stature, possess a considera- 

 ble degree of strength, which, matured by habitual 

 exercise, enables them to undergo incredible hard- 

 ships. Providence also, in denying them so many 

 "blessings, which the inhabitants of more temperate 

 climates enjoy, has given them contentment as u 

 counterbalance for these privations ; and so strongly 

 are they attached to their native country, an immense 

 extent of mountains and morasses, that they esteem 

 it a terrestrial paradise, and cannot reconcile them- 

 selves to any other situation, nor domiciiiate them- 

 selves in any other part of the world. In this at- 

 tachment of the Laplanders is verified the assertion of 

 Pope : 



" All gracious Providence is good and wise, 

 Alike in what it gives, and what denies." 



The disposition of these northern tribes is singularly 

 pacific ; and, although attempts have been made to 

 draw them out into the field, and discipline them as 

 soldiers, every measure taken for that purpose has 

 proved unsuccessful. War is the object of their de- 

 testation : indeed they have nothing worth contend- 

 ing for, and set so little value oiV the wealth, the 

 power, and the luxuries of civilized nations, that 

 they cannot conceive how they should be thought of 

 sufficient importance to be the subject of contest. 

 Among all the riches and luxuries which the civilized 

 world displays,, nothing in tlieir opinion, except 

 brandy and tobacco, are'worth a moment's dispute. 



The second greut variety in the human species is 

 the Tartars, from whence, in all probability, the in- 

 haj)itants of the hyperborean regions originally 

 sprung. Tartary comprises a very considerable part 

 of Asia, and is peopled by various tribes of different 

 features and complexions, approximating to each other, 

 by shades of difference, more or less perceptible, but. 

 all of them retaining those leading traits of distinc- 

 tion, which discriminate the whole race from any 

 other nation. All the Tartars have the upper part of 



