108 LULE AN LAPLAXD. 



not to collect in the course of summer a 

 stock of this plant and of the Reindeer-moss 

 [Liclicn I'CDigiJ'erinus) for winter fodder! 

 They would then ha^e some provision for 

 the herd, when the country is covered with 

 an impenetrable crust of frozen snow, and 

 not hazard the loss of all they are worth 

 in the world. 



The inhabitants of ¥/estbothnia, to de- 

 fend themselves against the bites or gnats, 

 besmear their skin with a mixture of tar 

 and fish-grease, or some other kind of fat. 

 They keep this composition in a horn which 

 hangs at their side. The Laplanders how- 

 ever give themselves no trouble about any 

 such matter. 



In order to add to the puno-encv of the 

 tobacco which they are in the habit of 

 chewing, the Laplanders mix with it the 

 root 0^ Angelica. [A. Archangelica is pre- 

 ferred, but when that is not at hand, the 

 sylvestria is used, as appears from the Flora 

 Lapponka.) 



The women wear their belts in the same 



