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hood. He ought, on the contrary, rather 

 to aim at correctins; it. If the reindeer 

 should even have the small-pox every year, 

 this supposed disease will prove on exami- 

 nation nothing else than the sting of the 

 Gad-fly [0 est?' us Taraiuii). Did any man 

 ever advance such an absurdity ! Even the 

 Laplanders themselves call the disease 

 Kurhma (which is the name of the fly that 

 actually causes it). 



One of the Laplanders* dishes, called 

 Kappi, or Kappa-tialmas, is prepared in 

 the following manner. While the milk of 

 the reindeer, intended for making cheese, 

 is warm, before the rennet is added to it, 

 a fdm rises to the top, which is taken off 

 carefully with a spoon, and put into the 

 bladder of a reindeer. This is hung up 

 against the side of the hut to dry ; after 

 which it is eaten, being esteemed a great 

 delicacy. Tfiey frequently mix some kind 

 of berries with it when used. The fruit 

 called Hjortron^ (Cloud-berry, or Riibus 

 ChamcEmorus,) bruised and eaten with milk 



