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evening of the following day we reached 

 the nearest spot where any Laplander was 

 at that time settled. The man we met 

 with gave me a very good reception, and 

 furnished me with a couple of rein-deer 

 skins to sleep between. Immediately after 

 my arrival, the herd, consisting of seven 

 or eight hundred head of rein-deer, came 

 ^ome. These were milked, and some of 

 the milk was boiled for my entertainment, 

 but it proved rather too rich for my sto- 

 mach. Mv host furnished me with his 

 own spoon, which he carried in his tobacco- 

 bag. On my expressing a wish, through 

 my interpreter, to have the spoon washed, 

 my Lapland friend immediately complied, 

 taking a mouthful of water, and spitting 

 it over the spoon. 



After having satisfied my hunger, and 

 refreshed myself with sleep, I steered my 

 course directly South-west, towards the 

 alps of Pithoea, proceeding from thence 

 to the lofty icy mountains, or main ridge 

 of the country. A walk of scarcely above 



