104 LYCKSELE LAPLAND. 



The latter, which serves as a walking 

 stick, is round, two feet and half long, 

 and three inches thick, made of wood, see 

 fig. 1. a, is a twisted iron ring, encom- 

 passed with several smaller rings of the 

 same metal, b b h, which serve to make a 

 rattling noise to urge the reindeer occa- 

 sionally to quicken his pace. c. is the head, 

 turned out of a reindeer's horn. d, the 

 handle of turned wood, e, the stick itself, 

 which is likewise turned, of one piece with 

 the handle, and tapering towards the end. 



Fig. 2 is the bridle, made of green or 

 blue cloth, bordered with leather, a a, em- 

 broidered with tin foil, and fringed at the 

 sides with small strips of list, b b, about 

 six inches long and one broad, of all sorts 

 of colours. Those at c c are only two or 

 three inches long. The cloth is lined on 

 the inside with reindeer skin, stripped of 

 its hair, and dyed red with alder bark, 

 and is in length, from e to e, nine or ten 

 inches, and from e to f about half as much. 



