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from the deer's milk, but the milk itself they do not driuk, 

 neither do they eat bread, vegetables, or salt, except a 

 little of the last commodity in their coffee, which is 

 practically their only beverage while upon the fjelds and 

 mountains. 



Their dogs are perfectly trained to herd the deer, and 

 as the womeu^folk do all the small work, the male Lapp 

 does scarcely anything beyond the market business and 

 hunting and trapping the wild inhabitants of his district, 

 either to dispose of as food or for their skins and the 

 Government rewards. 



In the summer they breakfast at leisure, then repair 

 to the nearest glacier or snow-moxintain, upon which they 

 recline during the heat of the day, thus taking advantage 

 of the cool atmosphere, free from the Hies, which infest 

 the fjelds. 



Upon their visits to the valleys for supplies, and to 

 sell their meat, they always endeavour to obtain brandy 

 and tobacco. The production of the cognac bottle is the 

 prelude to all transactions, and the Lapp prefers to beg 

 rather than to buy. 



The meat of a tame deer weighs from 50 lbs. to 60 lbs. 

 Eng., and is worth from Kr.25 to Kr.30. 



The liapps hunt the bear, the wolf, the brown and the 

 black fox (the skin of the latter being most valuable), and 

 they trap the smaller game. 



