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LYCKSELE LAPLAND. 



" If it were here, would you allow me to 

 buy some ?" " I have no desire," answered 

 the good woman, " that thou shouldst die 

 in my country for want of food." 



On arriving at her hut, I perceived three 

 cheeses lying under a shed without walls, 

 and took the smallest of them, which she, 

 after some consultation, allowed me to 

 purchase. 



The cap of my hostess, like that of all 

 the Lapland women, was very remarkable. 

 It was made of double red cloth, as is 

 usually the case, of a round flat form. The 

 upper side A was flat, a foot broad, and 

 stitched round the edge, where the lining 

 was turned over. At the under side B 

 was a hole to receive the head, with a pro- 



A B 



