Ö THE LAPLAND ALPS. 



1. The sharp winds. In the early part 

 of my journey, repeated exposure to stormy 

 weather rendered my eyes sore, so that I 

 became unable to open them wide, and was 

 obliged to keep them half shut. How 

 much more must this be the case with those 

 who dwell on the alps, where there is a 

 perpetual wind ! 



2. The snow, the whiteness of which, 

 when the sun shone upon it, was very trou- 

 blesome to me. To this the alpine Lap- 

 landers are continually exposed. 



3. The fogs. This day I found myself 

 very comfortable in my walk over the icy 

 mountain, till the fog, mist, or cloud, 

 whichever it might be called, came about 

 me, rendering the eyes of my interpreter, as 

 well as my own, so weak and relaxed, that 

 we could not open them wide without an 

 effort. Such must often be the case with 

 the Laplanders. 



4. Smoke. How is it possible that these 

 people should not be blear-eyed, when they 

 are so continually shut up in their huts, 



