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CHAPTER X. 
Situation of Alten- Gaard—Profpeffi to the Frozen or Icy Ocean — 
Bathe in this Sea—Inhabitants of Alten-Gaard-, their Hof pit ality —■ 
Plan for proceeding to the North Cape by Water—Departure from 
Alten-Gaard—Pafs near Mount Himellar, or Heaven-man ; Wa¬ 
terfalls from this Mountain—Beautiful Scenery—Meet with the 
Habitation of a Lapland Family, but find the Houfie deferted —- 
Vifit another Hut—Condition of the Laplanders on this Coafi —- 
Their Mode of Life, and happy Simplicity—Affedling Family -ficene 
■—Fall in with fome wandering or mountain Laplanders—Their 
Tents and Premifes defcribed—A Herd of Rein-deer—Miferable 
Appearance of thefe Animals—Their great Sufferings from the Heat , 
and the Flies, efpecially the CEfirus Tarandi, Linn. — Rein-deer 
Milk—Pafs the Whaal Sund, or Sound of Whales — Havefund, a 
fingle Houfie, in a dfinal Situation—Appearance of Nature as you 
approach the North Cape — Magerbn, or Bare Ifiand—Arrive at 
the North Cape — Defir/ption of this Promontory. 
JN walking to the merchant’s houfe we obferved in an adjoin¬ 
ing paflure two or three horfes. The appearance of this ani¬ 
mal, which we had not feen in the courfe of five hundred miles, 
indicated that we had come to the refidence of a perfon who was 
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