JOURNEY 



TO 



LAPLAND. 



Having been appointed by the Royal 

 Academy of Sciences to travel through 

 Lapland, for the purpose of investigating 

 the three kingdoms of Nature in that coun- 

 try, I prepared my wearing apparel and 

 other necessaries for the journey as follows. 

 My clothes consisted of a light coat of 

 Westgothland linsey-woolsey cloth without 

 folds, lined with red shalloon, having small 

 cuffs and collar of shag ; leather breeches ; 

 a round wig ; a green leather cap, and a 

 pair of half boots. I carried a small lea- 

 ther bag, half an ell in length, but some- 

 what less in breadth, furnished on one side 

 with hooks and eyes, so that it could be 



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