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Here I think it worth while to observe, 

 that the alpine Laplanders are more honest, 

 as well as more good-natured, than those 

 who dwell in the woodlands. Having 

 acquired more polish from their occasional 

 intercourse with the inhabitants of towns, 

 the latter have, at the same time, learned 

 more cunning and deceit, and are frequently 

 very knavish. The inhabitants of the alps 

 dwell in villages formed of their tents, 

 living together, as I have already related, 

 in great comfort and harmony. Those 

 who occupy the woody parts of the country 

 live dispersed. 



The Laplanders know no musical in- 

 strument except the lur (a sort of trumpet), 

 and pipes made of the bark of the quicken 

 tree or mountain ash. They are not ac- 

 customed to sing at church, except those 

 who are reckoned among the great or 

 learned of the community. 



The inhabitants of this country are 

 not more troubled with chilblains than 

 those of other places. They do not mind 

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