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tures, furrounding a large fire by which they roafted their fifh, 
which, for this purpofe, was held in cleft flicks, cut from the tree 
which fhaded them. The girl was the firfl who perceived 
us, and pointed us out to the men, who fee pried to pay atten¬ 
tion only to their cooking, fo that we landed, and walked up to 
them, without being the leafl noticed or regarded. The men 
were clothed in a kind of fmock-frock, made of the fkin of the 
rein-deer, with a collar eredl, and fliffened behind. They wore 
a belt about their waifls, which confined their drefs clofe to their 
bodies, and drew it into the form of a bag, wherein they put 
whatever they had occafion to carry about with them. They had 
pantaloons on, likewife made of rein-deer’s fkin, with fhort boots, 
the foies of which were wide, and fluffed out wdth dry grafs. The 
girl wore pantaloons and boots of the fame fhape; but her cloth¬ 
ing was of wool, and her cap, which was made of green cloth, 
was pointed upwards. They were mofl of them very fhort; and 
their mofl remarkable features were their fmall cheeks, fliarp chins, 
and prominent cheek bones. The face of the girl was not mi¬ 
ll and fo me ; file appeared to be about eighteen or nineteen years 
of age ; her complexion W’as fair, with light hair approaching to 
a chefnut colour. Four out of the fix men had black hair ; from 
whence I conclude this to be the prevailing colour amongfl the 
Laplanders, diflinguifhing them from the Finlanders, amongfl 
whom, during the whole of my journey, I did not remark one 
who had hair of that colour. 
The perfons and drefs of thefe Laplanders, taken altogether, 
C*2 were. 
