MY LIFE IN THE ANIMAL TRADE 19 
had no conception of the commercial side of the venture, and 
knew nothing of exhibitions. They were merely paying a 
short visit to the hustling civilisation which they saw around 
them, and it never occurred to them to alter their own primi- 
tive habits of life. The result was that they behaved just as 
though they were in their native land, and the interest and 
value of the exhibition were therefore greatly enhanced. 
They took up their abode in the grounds behind my house 
at Neuer Pferdemarkt, and lived entirely out of doors. All 
Hamburg came to see this genuine “ Lapland in miniature”, 
The Lapps, as is well known, inhabit the north of Nor- 
way, Sweden and Russia, and, in accordance with their 
occupations, are divided into the Fishing-, Forest-, and Up- 
land-Lapps. The latter are the least civilised of the three 
divisions, and it was to them that my little party belonged. 
They consist of tribes of primitive nomads, almost wholly 
dependent upon the reindeer for their subsistence. As I 
have already mentioned, they could not be described as 
beautiful. Their skin was a dirty yellow colour, their heads 
very round, their hair black, nose small and flat, and their 
eyes set somewhat obliquely. On the other hand their 
limbs were very finely moulded, and only Eskimos have 
smaller hands and feet than the Lapps. They reached a 
height of from four and a quarter to five and a quarter feet. It 
was most interesting to see the little people at work. They 
would set up and strike their tents as in their own country. 
No great labour is involved in this performance ; their tents 
consist of poles covered over in summer with canvas and in 
winter with tanned hides, a hole being left at the top for the 
smoke to pass through. The Fishing- and the Forest- 
Lapps have become to a great extent Europeanised, for in- 
stance, in the matter of dress. But not so our little friends. 
They supply all their own needs, and by means of sinews 
they sew together the tanned hides of deer in a most dexter- 
ous manner. They make all their own snowshoes, sledges, 
etc. Men and women were dressed much alike, both sexes 
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