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when he had met with the Laplander, 

 might not be able to find me again. How- 

 ever, about noon he returned, accompa- 

 nied by a Laplander, who took charge of 

 me, inviting me home to his hut, where he 

 treated me with fish, and fresh water. 



I was afterwards conducted from one 

 Laplander to another, till I came to a part 

 of the river, about twenty-five miles above 

 Lycksele. I shall not dwell on the inconve- 

 niences I was obliged to undergo every time 

 we had to seek for any of the Laplanders, 

 while I was quite destitute of provisions. 

 These poor people themselves had, at this 

 season, nothing but fish to eat, as they had 

 not yet begun to slaughter their reindeer, 

 nor to go a fowling ; neither had they, as 

 yet, milked any of their reindeer. 



3unt 2. 



On coming to the place just mentioned, 

 we found it impracticable to proceed by 

 water, the river being so rapid, and so 

 much impeded by falls, that we were 



