LYCKSELE LAPLAND. ] O? 



always grows in watery places. The ber- 

 ries are scantily produced, nor are the 

 people of the country at all acquainted 

 with the method of making a spiritous li- 

 quor from them, as in other places. 



I showed them how to make a kind of 

 brandy of the young tops of the fir, as a 

 little improvement upon their usual watery 

 beverage*, but they thought the scheme 

 impracticable ; nor could they conceive it 

 possible to obtain any thing drinkable from 

 the sap of the birch. They seemed deter- 

 mined to keep entirely to water. 



I could not observe that the nights were 

 at all less light than the days, except when 

 the sun was clouded. 



The poor Laplanders find the church 

 festivals, or days of public thanksgiving, 

 in the spring of the year, very burthen- 

 some and oppressive, as they are in general 

 obliged to pass the river at the hazard of 

 their lives. The water at that season is 



* Linnaeus's words are " to wash down the water." 



