76 A SPRING AND SUMMER IN LAPLAND. 



can live equally well in Wermland for Is. : and as 

 our principal fare here consisted of game and fish, 

 which were to be had for the fetching, it was quite 

 enough. It is true groceries were dear, as all 

 have to be brought up from Lulea, and rye may 

 be quoted as dear again as in Wermland. As to 

 bark bread, I never saw it ; and reindeer cheese 

 we scarcely ever tasted. 



And now the reader must bear in mind that, 

 although I am giving him an idea of life in Lap- 

 land, I perhaps saw as little of Lapland as any 

 man who has travelled up there. I was obliged 

 to be stationary in one spot the whole time. I 

 rarely wandered more than three Swedish miles 

 from Quickiock, and my occupation kept me much 

 indoors, for I skinned more than 1,000 specimens 

 during four months, besides collecting a great 

 many eggs and butterflies. My hints are there- 

 fore chiefly intended to assist any naturalist who, 

 like myself, wishes to visit Lapland, and remain 

 stationary in one spot for the purpose of collect- 

 ing, more than for the man who pays a flying visit 

 to the country merely for the purpose of seeing 

 the land and the character of its inhabitants. 



As to living, our bill of fare for the table was 

 not very varied. While the snow lay on the 

 ground we lived on dried reindeer venison and 

 ptarmigan, both about as dry and tough as a 



