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There are no feelers, nor could I discern 

 any vestige of a mouth. Can this be in 

 the state of an egg? 



One object of the Laplanders who ac- 

 companied me hither, to Torfjorden, was 

 the purchase of brandy. They drank it 

 in the first place as long as they could 

 stand on their legs, and having brought 

 with them a number of dried reindeer 

 bladders, these were subsequently all filled 

 with brandy, tied up, and carried away 

 by them. Their general custom is to use 

 small cups, about one third the size of a 

 spoon, by means of which each Laplander 

 in his turn will often contrive to swallow a 

 whole qu'drtern of brandy. 



When the Laplanders mean to appear 

 in full dress, they attire themselves io 

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