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boat. In this way seventeen were landed in about an 

 hour, after which we moved on, for many a long mile of 

 the great Umeo Lake yet lay before us to be crossed ere 

 we could reach the hamlet at its farther extremity ; 

 whence the following day, partly with pack-horses and 

 partly by carriole, I reached the German Ocean. 



Swedish Lapland is inhabited by two separate and 

 distinct races, namely, the Swedish settlers, or Lapp- 

 bonders, and the Lapps. The first of these two classes 

 is by far the most numerous, and is the one with 

 whom the sportsman will be thrown most in contact. 

 As he travels through or across this part of Sweden, 

 at an average speed of fifteen miles per day, or, if he 

 keeps to the roads, at a speed of forty miles as the 

 diurnal average, he will sleep in their farm-houses 

 and hamlets by night ; sometimes in a comparatively 

 luxurious apartment, set apart for guests, if such an 

 one exists, or at other times in the single room which 

 serves as the kitchen, living and sleeping room for the 

 entire family. 



By day, as he makes headway towards his intended 

 destination, he will be guided and accompanied by one 

 or more male members of the household who provided 

 him with accommodation, dependent upon the amount 

 of his transportable effects; or even, on occasions 

 when no males of any age are available, by one or 

 two girls or women as his pack-carriers. 



It may always be counted upon as the invariable 

 rule, when a start has once been fairly accomplished 

 in any thinly or moderately-thickly populated district 



