THE LAPLAND ALPS. 4S 



to be so incommoded with the gad-fly, that 

 they are not in a fit condition to be slain 

 for eating. From that period therefore, 

 till the milking season, the Laplanders are 

 obliged to live on this stock of preserved 

 meat. At other times of the year the fe» 

 males are killed for immediate use, accord- 

 ing as they are wanted. The blood is kept 

 fresh in kegs, or other vessels, and serves 

 for food in the spring, being added to the 

 fallmg (see voL \.p. 129)) with a small 

 proportion of milk and water. The blood 

 of these animals is thick in consistence, like 

 that of a hog. The Laplanders carry a 

 portion of it along with them from place to 

 place, in bladders or some kind of vessels. 

 A stock of this and all other necessaries is 

 collected as late as possible, before the 

 melting of the snow, while there still re-» 

 mains a track for the sledges. 



A kind of blood pudding or sausage is 

 made, in general without flour, and with 

 a large proportion of fat. This the Lap- 

 landers call marfi. 



