110 LULEAN LAPLAND. 



we sat at table. This bird seems nearly 

 allied to the Jay {Corviis g km (hu- i its). 



It is only in winter the clothes of the 

 Laplanders have any sort of lining, except 

 that these people generally wear, next the 

 stomach, the skin of a young reindeer fawn. 

 The sleeves of their coats are not fixed 

 to the jacket, or body of the garment. 

 The part which covers the shoulder folds 

 over the top of the sleeve, in the shape of 

 a wedge. A seam reaches the whole length 

 of the jacket, from top to bottom, on each 

 side, the jacket becoming gradually wider, 

 downward. It reaches as low as the mid- 

 dle of the leg. The collar is for the most 

 part blue, stitched with white thread. 



The reindeer are not slaughtered in the 

 same manner as cattle usually are either at 

 Stockholm or in Smoland. The animal 

 being secured with a halter, the Laplander 

 takes his spear and sticks it into the thorax 

 behind the shoulder, so as to pierce the 

 heart. By this means the blood collects 

 in the cavity of the thorax, none of it ap- 



