UNNJ1US. 
she had nothing with her, except a sin¬ 
gle fresh fish, as she called it, which 
was literally alive with maggots. 
The sight of it was so disgusting to 
Linnaeus, as to take away all desire to 
touch it. He asked if she could not 
furnish him with some dried rein-deers 
tongues. She had none. Had she no 
rein-deer cheese ? “ Yes, hut it is a 
mile off,” was the discouraging answer. 
“If it were here* would you allow me 
to buy some ?” he enquired, knowing 
that their very scanty supply of food 
made them sometimes unwilling to part 
with any, even at a high price. The 
good woman replied, “ I have no desire 
that thou shouldst die in my country 
for want of food.” 
She then undertook to show them a 
path, by which they might avoid some 
part of the road they had passed in 
coming; and having led them to her 
hut in the forest, she sold them one of 
