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LULKAX LAPLAND. 



Tlic annexed cut represent» 

 the bolt of this Norwegian cross- 

 bow, ^\hich la a foot and half 

 long, an inch thick. From the 

 extremity, which is thicker and 

 blunt, to the feathered part, is 

 about a foot. The feathers, taken 

 from the wing of the great Grous 

 or Cock of the wood, [Tetrao 

 Urogallus,) are stripped from 

 the quill, and placed erect in 

 three longitudinal rows; and after 

 being bound on with thread, the 

 part by which they are attached 

 is smeared with pitch, to fix 

 them the more firmly. The 

 whole bolt is made of birch 

 wood. Its base is compressed, 

 naked and smooth, formed with a 

 groove to receive the bow-string. 



This more finished and elabo- 

 rate sort of bow is principally 

 used in Westbothnia. The whole 

 cost of one, w ith all its appurte- 



