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spit before the fire, but for the same rea- 

 son I could hardly taste them. The third 

 mode of preparation was the most accepta- 

 ble to me, and had a very good flavour. 

 This was made of the dried and salted 

 Röding, roasted on a spit. The Laplanders 

 drink the water in which the fish has been 

 boiled, which I was unable to do, — though 

 I could not but commend the practice, as 

 favourable to digestion. 



The reindeer are innumerable, like the 

 forests they inhabit. The herds are driven 

 home, night and morning, to be milked. 

 It was amusing to observe the manner of 

 driving them, performed by a maid- servant 

 with a dog. If the reindeer proved re- 

 fractory, the dog easily made them obey 

 the word of command, particularly when 

 seconded by the hissing of the woman, at 

 which they were extremely terrified. 



I observed also the manner of driving 

 them out to pasture. The wind blowing 

 hard from the east, their conductress pre- 

 ferred a circuitous path, rather than face 

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