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perty to the alpine Laplanders than to any 

 others. In the winter time, when the fa- 

 vourite Lichen of the reindeer (L. rangife- 

 rinus) cannot be got at, their keepers fell 

 trees laden with filamentous Lichens, to 

 serve them for food ; but it scarcely proves 

 sufficient. 



The rivulet near Kiomitis Trask has a 

 very vvhite appearance, as if milk had been 

 mixed Mith it. This the inhabitants term 

 halkwatter, or lime-water, from the colour, 

 not from any knowledge of its cause or 

 origin. This rivulet they told me came 

 from the alps. It empties itself into the 

 great river near Kiomitis, and renders the 

 water of that river white for the space of 

 four or five miles. I noticed a similar 

 phaenomenon at Wirijaur. 



I was amused with the mode in which 

 these Laplanders take brandy. After they 

 have laid hold of the mug, they dip their 

 forefingers into the liquor, and rub a little 

 on their foreheads, as well as on the middle 

 of their bosoms. On inquiring the reason» 



