LYCKSELE LAPLAND. 131 



June 2. 



The forest here was full of the noblest 

 pine trees, growing to no purpose with re- 

 spect to the inhabitants, as the wood is not 

 used even for building huts, nor the bark 

 for food, as it is in some other parts. I 

 wonder they have not contrived to turn 

 these trees to some account, by burning 

 them for tar or pitch. 



The colonists who reside among the Lap- 

 landers are beloved by them, and treated 

 with great kindness. These good people 

 willingly point out to the strangers where 

 they may fix their abode so as to have ac- 

 cess to moist meadows affording good hay, 

 which they themselves do not want, their 

 herds of reindeer preferring the driest pas- 

 tures. They expect in return that the co- 

 lonists should supply them with milk and 

 flour. 



Ovid's description of the silver age is 

 still applicable to the native inhabitants of 

 K 2 



