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much broader ; its hair is much thicker arid warmer, 

 its horns much larger in proportion, and branch- 

 ing forward over its eyes, its ears are much larger ; 

 its pace is rather a trot than a bounding, and this 

 it can continue for a whole day ; its hoofs are cloven, 

 and moveablo, so that it spreads them abroad, as it 

 goes, to prevent its sinking in the snow. 



Lapland is divided into two districts, the moun. 

 tainous, and the woody. The mountainous part is 

 barren and bleak, excessively cold, and uninhabitable, 

 during the winter. Still, however, it is the most de- 

 sirable part of this frightful region, and is most thick. 

 ly peopled, during the summer. The natives generally 

 reside on the declivity of the mountains, three or four 

 cottages together. Upon the approach of winter.they 

 migrate into the plains below, each bringing down his 

 whole herd, which often amounts to more than a 

 thousand, and leading them where the pasture is in 

 greatest plenty. The woody part of the country is 

 much more hideous : a frightful scene of .trees with- 

 out fruit, and plains without verdure. As far as the 

 eye can reach, nothing is to be seen even in the midst 

 of summer, but barren fields, covered only with moss, 

 no grass, no flowery landscapes, only here and there 

 a pine tree, which may have escaped the frequent 

 conflagrations, by which the natives burn down their 

 forests. This moss, however, which deforms the coun- 

 try, serves for its only support, as upon it alone the 

 rein deer ran subsist. The inhabitants, who, during 

 the summer, lived among the mountains, drive down 

 their herds in winter, and people the plains and 

 woods below. 



There is something worthy our notice even in that 

 despised animal, an ass. There is a much greater re- 

 semblance between the horse and the ass, thin be- 

 tween the sheep and the goat. And yet the latter 

 produce an animal, that is not barren ; wherjas the 

 mule always is. 



The She-ass is not less fond of her young, t'lan the 

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