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TRAVELS 
money, nor exempt from a paffion for being pofTefTed of it. Their 
fair ieems to have given them an idea of taking advantage of cir- 
cumflances whenever they may occur. Of this we had a proof 
when we began to make preparations for purfuing our journey ; 
they demanded nearly half-a-crown a day for each man that was 
to attend us, which was an enormous fum for that country, and 
bore peculiarly hard upon us, fince we had occafon for five, and 
afterwards for feven men, befides the interpreter and our own fer- 
vant. Our interpreter attempted to demonflrate, that what they 
alked was extravagant and unreafonable; but they would not be 
moved by his arguments, but replied, that the prefent w 7 as the 
feafon for hilling, by which they fhould gain more than in our 
fervice ; which perhaps might be true. They feemed aifo to be 
aware that, as travellers are not frequent in their country, if any 
one journeyed there in a feafon w ? hen there was neither a fair, nor 
any other particular bufmefs to attend, he mull either have plenty 
of money himfelf, or be commiffioned by government to examine 
and report the Irate of the country, and confequently be paid by 
the king. Such I conceive was their reafoning, and there was 
no remedy againft it; we had no other people but thefe that w T e 
could apply to, and thence we were compelled to fubmit to their 
terms. I confoled myfelf with the confideration, that I would 
rather pay double their demand than return to Uleaborg, and give 
up the intended journey. We now gave orders for our boats to be 
got ready, and all our baggage to be flowed into them. We fet 
out from Kautokeino on the ninth of July, in the fairefl weather 
imaginable. 
