130 EXCURSIONS ROUND LONDON. 



ruibit a frozen region, are still farther advan- 

 ced in the art of dressing the skins of the 

 rein -deer, and other animals, for the purpose 

 of clothing themselves. They prepare them 

 with grease, and afterwards beat them with 

 a stone, in order to soften and render them 

 fit for the different uses for which they are 

 intended. 



If thread be unknown to those people, 

 they have discovered a substitute for it, in 

 the sinews, c. of the rein-deer. 



With equal ingenuity they have iavented 

 a kind of needle ; and with these rude im- 

 plements they sew their garment with a 

 neatness and delicacy which would not dis- 

 grace the most polished people. 



Absorbed in this interesting subject, the 

 striking of the hour of three in the village 



o o 



clock, alone reminded our party that it was 

 time to pursue their walk, if they wished to 

 reach Edmonton before dinner; but their fa- 

 ther informed them, that as it was his inten- 

 tion to remain a few days at the villa of his 



friend, 



