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jecting- border round it. The lining being 

 loose, the cap covers the head more or less, 

 at the pleasure of the wearer. 



As to shift, she, like all her country- 

 women, was destitute of any such gar- 

 ment. She wore a collar or tippet of the 



breadth of two fingers, stitched with 

 thread, and bordered next the skin with 

 brass rings. Over this she wore two grey 

 jackets, both alike, which reached to her 

 knees, just like those worn by the men. 



I was at last obliged to return the way 

 I came, though very unwillingly, heartily 

 wishing it might never be my fate to see 

 this place again. It was as bad as a visit 

 to Acheron. If I could have run up the 

 bed of a river like a Laplander, I might 

 have gone on, but that was impossible. 



