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spot, not only because of seeking fresh 

 pasture for his reindeer, but because he 

 cannot bear to stay long in a place. He 

 drives the whole herd together, young and 

 old, into the river, to swim over to the 

 opposite shore, which these animals easily 

 perform, though the stream is more than 

 eight gunshots wide. 



At one place, close to the river, was a 

 Laplander's shop, raised on a round pole, 

 fig. a, as high as a tall man and as thick as 

 one's arm. This pole supported a long 

 horizontal beam, b, with two cross pieces, 

 c c, which together formed the foundation 



d 



