THE LAPLAND ALPS. 27 



such easy happy lives as the Laplanders. 

 In summer they make two meals of milk 

 in the course of the day, and when they 

 have gone through their allotted task of 

 milking their reindeer, or making cheese, 

 they resign themselves to indolent tranquil- 

 lity, not knowing what to do next. In winter 

 their food is cheese, taken once or twice a 

 day, but in the evening they eat meat. A 

 single reindeer supplies four persons with 

 food for a week. 



This animal has no gall-bladder, nor 

 could I discover the insertion of the biliary 

 duct. The liver however is of a larsie size. 

 The first stomach is large, with a thick ori- 

 fice, and lined with a fine cellular network 

 like that of a cow, being moreover longi- 

 tudinally plaited. The Laplanders are cu- 

 rious dissectors. They take out each of 

 the stomachs separately, with as much care 

 as a professed anatomist. 



The thread made of sinews, as above 

 described, is never used for sewing nalmal, 

 ■which makes their summer clothing, but 

 only for g:arments composed of fur or lea- 



