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himself, when he has do other meat, kills 

 a reindeer every week, three of which are 

 equal to an ox ; he consequently consumes 

 about thirty of those animals in the course 

 of the winter, which are equal to ten oxen, 

 whereas a sin<»:le ox is sufficient for a Swe- 

 dish peasant. 



The peasants settled in this neighbour- 

 hood, in time of scarcity eat chaff, as well 

 as the inner bark of pine trees separated 

 from the scaly cuticle. They grind and 

 then bake it in order to render it fit for 

 food. A part is reserved for their cattle, 

 being cut obliquely into pieces of two 

 fingers' breadth, by which the fodder of 

 the cows, goats, and sheep is very much 

 spared. The bark is collected at the time 

 when the sap rises in the tree, and, after 

 being dried in the sun, is kept for winter 

 use. They grind it into meal, bake bread 

 of it, and make grains to feed swine upon, 

 which render those animals extremely fat, 

 and save a great deal of corn. 



