.50 THE LAPLAND ALPS. , 



very dangerous in the fissures of rocks 

 and mountains, where they usually conceal 

 themselves. 



The Glutton (jLusicla Giilo) does most 

 harm in the pantry or store-house. He 

 never meddles with the reindeer. 



A part of the employment of the men 

 is to make sledges, or other nuichines of 

 wood for carriage. They cut rough wood 

 in the forests for the boxes which they 

 carry w'lih them into the alps. 



The duty of the women is to mend 

 the clothes of the whole family. 



Laplanders ha^ e several plays or amuse- 

 ments. 



Children make of the dwarf birch (Be- 

 titla iia?iu) something like reindeer's horns, 

 with which they gore one another in sport. 

 TlK'y amuse themsehes fiequently by 

 buildiiig little huts of stone. 



Grown-up people play very well at ten- 

 nis, but they seldom partake of that di- 

 version. More common amusements are 

 blindmun's buff,, and drawing gloves. 



