190 TORNEA. 



coarser part may be separated from the 

 finer. 



The flail is about a yard long, and ra- 

 ther thick. 



The roofs in this part of the country are 

 made of the bark of birch-trees, not co- 

 vered over with any turf, but held fast by 

 round poles, as thick as one^s arm, whose 

 upper extremities, alternately longer and 

 shorter, reach to the ridge, and being 

 bored through, are fastened to it, in such 

 a manner that their ends project about a 

 span each way beyond the ridge, crossing 

 each other. Being thicker at their lower 

 ends, they lie almost close together. With- 

 in this there is often a false roof, like a ciel- 

 ing, covered over with birch-bark and earth ; 

 but this is only when the house is wished 

 to be very warm. 



At the residence of the Governor of the 

 Province at Calix, I saw three swans, which, 

 having been taken when young, were as 

 tame as domestic geese, to which these 

 birds are so much alike in every respect, 



