272 LULEAN LAPLAND. 



great age. The further I proceeded up the 

 country, the smaller I still found them. 



Some of the people hereabouts clean 

 their half-boots and harness with the fat of 

 fish ; others purchase blacking from Nor- 

 way. 



July 4. 



I met with an Andromeda with leaves 

 like Empetrum {A. ccerulea). The stem 

 and foliage were exactly like that plant, 

 but somewhat larger. The calyx rough, 

 short, wdth five teeth. Corolla of one pe- 

 tal, blue, ovate, w ith five spreading notched 

 segments at its orifice. Stamens ten, very 

 short, with horned anthers. Pistil one, 

 the length of the corolla, with a blunt 

 pentagonal stigma. 



The following food is prepared by the 

 Laplanders from milk. 



The messen or whey, after the cheese is 

 made, is boiled to a thick consistence, and 

 a small quantity of cream from the milk of 



