6d TIJE LAPLAND ALPS. 



great dismay of the curious reader. We 

 ought to have warned him of its heing 

 resumed in a subsequent part of the work, 

 but in truth we had not then ourselves 

 proceeded so far in decyphering the origi* 

 nal manuscript.) 



1. In the first place the lover addresses 

 his favourite fair-one in a joking manner, to 

 try whether his proposal be likely to prove 

 acceptable or not. Perhaps he even goes 

 so far as to speak once or twice to her 

 father upon the subject. He then takes 

 his leave, either fixing a time for his return, 

 or not, as it may happen. 



2. The lover next takes with him such 

 of his nearest relations as tive in the neigh* 

 bourhood, who, as well as himself, all carry 

 provisions with them, to the hut of his 

 mistress, he going last in the procession. 



S. When the party arrive at the place of 

 their destination, they all, except the lover, 

 walk in. If there happen to be any other 

 huts near at hand, it is usual for the 

 damsel to retire to one of them, that »he 



