IyCKSELE LAPLAND. IIS 



May 31. 



Divine service being over, I left Lyck- 

 sele in order to proceed towards Sorsele. 



The riches of the Laplanders consist in 

 the number of their reindeer, and in the 

 extent of the ground in which they feed. 

 The poorest people have from fifty to two 

 hundred of these animals ; the middle class 

 from three hundred to seven hundred, and 

 the rich possess about a thousand. The 

 lands are from three to five miles in extent. 

 Wild reindeer are seldom met with in Lap- 

 mark. They chiefly occur on the common 

 between Granoen and Lycksele. It very 

 often happens that those whose herds are 

 large lose some of their reindeer, which 

 they generally find again in the ensuing 

 season, and they then drive them back to 

 their old companions. If they will not 



ful uneasiness, till he brought up a large toad by 

 means of an emetic ; and this story was said to have 

 been sworn before the mayor of Lynn^ as if it had 

 been really true. 



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