THE LAPLAND ALPS. 1? 



face, with blear eyes. Her countenance was 

 altogether of the Lapland cast. Her fingers 

 were scraggy and withered. * * * * Next 

 to her sat her husband, a young man, six- 

 and-thirty years of age, who, for the sake 

 of her large herds of reindeer, had already 

 been married ten years to this old hag. 

 When the Laplanders sit, they either cross 

 their legs under them, or one knee is bent, 

 the other straight. 



As a defence against wind and snow, a 

 sort of hood, called iiiaJmiphata, is worn 

 over the cap. It is made of red cloth, of 

 the shape of a truncated cone, dilated at 

 the bottom, and is four palms high, three 

 palms in circumference at the upper part, 

 and six at the bottom. This covers the 

 cheeks, as well as the neck and shoulders, 

 the eyes and mouth only being exposed. 

 In the back part, at bottom, is a loop, 

 through which goes a riband to secure the 

 whole from being blown off, by being tied 

 round the body under the arms. 



In winter-time the women wear breeches, 

 made exactly like those worn by the men 



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