86 LULEAN LAPLAND. 



quantity of the fish called Sikloja (Sdlmo 

 Albula) of a large size. He stuck about 

 twenty of thcni on one spit, the back of 

 each being placed towards the belly of the 

 next, and they were thus roasted before 

 the fire. These fish had previously been 

 dried, though not at all salted. 



The glue used by the Laplanders for 

 joining the two portions of different ^voods 

 of which their bows are made (see j). Q6,) 

 is prepared from the Common Perch [Perca 

 fiuviatiUs) in the following manner. Some 

 of the largest of this fish being flayed, 

 the skins are first dried, and afterwards 

 soaked in a small quantity of cold water, 

 so that the scales can be rubbed off. Four 

 or five of these skins being wrapped up 

 together in a bladder, or in a piece of birch 

 bark, so that no water can get at them, 

 are set on the fire in a pot of water to boil, 

 a stone being laid over the pot, to keep in 

 the heat. The skins thus prepared make a 

 very strong glue, insomuch that the articles 

 joined with it will never separate again. 



