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intellect. Though gay and fond of dressing and amusement, they are distin- 

 guished for their moral purity and domestic virtues. 



The Dalecarlians. the inhabitants of Dalecarlia. a province in the north 

 of SAveden (Norland), have tall and large bodies, powerful but slender limbs, 

 broad foreheads, deep-set dark blue eyes, high cheek bones, full lips, and 

 broad, generally cleft, chins. Their long legs are singular, being nearly with- 

 out calves. The women arc somewhat stouter than the men, and have mostly 

 broad, fresh fiices, and small sparkling eyes. The disposition of the Dalecar- 

 lian is serious, quiet, and discreet. The sterility of their soil frequently com- 

 pels them to seek employment in other provinces, often at a distance of two 

 or three hundred ir.iles, from their villages. They travel, thus, for example, 

 to the Lappmarks, w^here they labor in the smelting works. Others go to the 

 metropolis (Stockholm) and take with them for sale, house clocks, wooden 

 utensils, and other products of their domestic industry. They are everywhere 

 liked on account of their honesty. Their dress is mostly the Swedish ; but, 

 in some valleys of Dalecarlia, the very ancient white national dress is re- 

 tained, which consists of a cowl-like overcoat of heavy w^hite woollen stuif, 

 with one row of buttons and wide sleeves, knee breeches of the same mate- 

 rial, shoes, and stockings. Women and girls dress in white linen jackets and 

 caps, white standing collars, woollen aprons, and red woollen stockings. Their 

 houses, w^hich are of but a single stor}?", are covered with shingles and painted 

 red at the corners. 



The Finns, now that Finland has been ceded to Russia, are to be found 

 only in a few of the more northern provinces of Sweden. They are vigorous, 

 hale, and hardy, and have round full faces and fiery eyes. They are stern 

 and rough like their country, frank, hospitable, obliging, pious, and inoffen- 

 sive. They are simple and frugal in their way of living, have much taste for 

 music and poetry, and are skilful in mechanical employments. They are en- 

 gaged chiefly in cattle breeding, but attention is paid also to farming, hunting, 

 and fishing. 



The Lapps or Laplanders [pi. 12, Jig: 5, Laplanders in their winter huts) 

 are of the ame stock as the Finns, live in the extreme north, and have 

 remained until the present time without the admixture of any other people. 

 They call themselves Sami, and their country Samiland. The last traces 

 of pao-anism have of late years disappeared from among them, and the 

 entire body of the people is now Christian. They are small, have short 

 slender legs, very small feet, a broad depressed face, large prominent cheek 

 bones, and brown or black hair. Their eyes are dark, and are frequently 

 observed to be bleared, in consequence of the smoke which fills the huts 

 of these people ; and the opening of the eyelids is long, but narrow. The 

 large broad ears stand oif from the head ; the mouth is small, the color of 

 the face yellowish-brown. Their body is not vigorous, but very hardy and 

 flexible, and hence the Laplanders are capable of enduring very great 

 fatigues. They are distinguished also for agility, and are usually faithful 

 and honest, gay and cheerful. They are almost always laughing and sing- 

 in<y ; their songs, however, are very monotonous. They are very commu- 

 nicative, inquisitive, and timorous. Kiches, which among them consist 

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