298 THE LAPLAND ALPS. 



The birds I saw were Snow-buntings 

 {Ember iza nivalis) ; Green Plovers in great 

 plenty, (Charadrius pluvialLs,) called by 

 the Laplanders Hiitti ; and Wheat-ears. 

 {Motacilla Oenanthc.) 



The Laplanders of this neighbourhood 

 do not often take the diversion of shooting. 

 They are seldom masters of a fowling-piece; 

 and when not occupied in followmg or at- 

 tending the reindeer, they remain in idleness 

 for whole days together, feeding on nothing 

 but milk, and the dishes prepared from it. 



I satisfied myself here that the crackling- 

 noise made by the reindeer does not ori- 

 ginate in the hoof, nor in the lowermost 

 joint of the foot. 



The women of this neighbourhood smoke 

 tobacco as well as the men. Every body 

 learns to smoke about the age of twelve or 

 fifteen. 



Whenever I gave my host about an ell 

 of twisted tobacco, I was sure to obtain in 

 return a cheese of double its value. 



The large-iiowered Cerasiiian (C «/- 



