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The winter huts, capable of being re- 

 moved from place to place, consist of four 

 large curved poles, perforated at the top 

 and fastened two and two together, which 

 being supported by four other straight 

 sticks, form a kind of arch. The whole is 

 covered, except at the very top, where an 

 opening is left for a chimney, with the 

 coarse cloth called walmar or walmal. 

 The edifice when finished is about four feet 

 high. 



Tormentil {Tormentilla officinalis) here 

 always grows in boggy ground, which is 

 remarkable. Its root is chewed along with 

 the inner bark of the Alder, and the saliva 

 thus impregnated is applied to leather, to 

 dye it of a red colour. Thus their harness, 

 reins, girdles, gloves, &c. are tanned= 



The extensive pine forests here grow to 

 Xio use. As nobody wants timber, the trees 

 fall and rot upon the ground. I suggested 

 the advantage of extracting pitch and tar 

 from them, but was answered by the judge 

 of the district that, from the remoteness of 



