98 LULKAX LAPLAND. 



Gwiniad.) Holes are made for this purpose 

 in the ice, and the nets are dragged with a 

 string. This is done from St. Andrew's 

 day, (Nov. 30th,) to Christmas. 



The Laplanders make their sledges serve 

 for chests, when they are not used for their 

 proper purpose, by constructing a sort of 

 roof or convex covering, with an opening 

 in the middle, to admit whatever they 

 choose to store up within. This opening 

 shuts with a moveable lid. Sledges in this 

 state occasionally serve for the conveyance 

 of goods from one place to another, the 

 covering keeping them dry. 



Caps are made of the skin of the Colym- 

 hi(s circticus, (Black-throated Diver,) which 

 IS ^•ery tough when properly prepared. 

 This bird has a grey ring round its neck, as 

 described by Wormius. 



I met with a Care.i, l)earing round cap- 

 sules, full of Ijlack powder. (Probably 

 Carcx pauicca, whose seeds are often in- 

 fected with the ii.stUago or smut.) 



