156 EAST BOTIILAND. 



bitants of these smoky dwellings have no 

 beds, but actually sleep on the floor. In 

 the summer season, however, they gene- 

 rally sleep in their barns. Round the in- 

 side of the above-described hut or cottage, 

 are ranged various tubs or wooden vessels. 

 In one corner, opposite to the spot where 

 the fire is made, stands a table. 



As it would be impossible to bear a fire 

 in these dwellings during the heats of sum- 

 mer, their owners have another building 

 which serves them for a kitchen. This is 

 almost of the shape of the Laplanders' 

 huts, but double their width and height, 

 consisting of cloven beams or posts, such 

 as are used for the fences of the fields, only 

 not covered m, like the dwellino;s of the 

 Laplanders. In the centre, where all the 

 posts meet at the top, the pot is suspended 

 over the fire. Here they boil their provi- 

 sions, distil brandy, &c. 



The stage-houses* are constructed like 

 those seen at some poslhouses in our part 



* Stegcrhmen. I have not been able to make out 

 the precise meaning of this word. 



