aad having waited awhile for more fa¬ 
vourable weather, he recommenced bis 
wanderings. A few solitary huts scat¬ 
tered over a wide district, were all the 
human habitations he was likely to 
meet with. . These were inhabited by 
a race of poor but contented peasants, 
who are generally kind and hospitable- 
Linnseus esteemed himself happy 
after a day of fatigue and exhaustion, 
he could reach one of their dwellings, 
and obtain food and shelter for the 
night, though both were of the humblest 
description. The huts were usually 
filled with smoke, excessively filtby } 
scented with fish, and infested with tor¬ 
menting insects. The food chiefly con¬ 
sisted of fish, and rein-deer’s milk in 
various forms : bread was a luxury 
rarely to be met with. Ten years af¬ 
terwards, alluding to this journey, in a 
speech he delivered before the univer¬ 
sity, he protested that he had under- 
