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GENERAL REMARKS 
twixt two feather-beds, as their more civilifed neighbours. Their 
avocations do not difturb the natural flow of their animal fpirit, 
nor do they weaken their body by the labours of the mind : it 
muft of neceffity follow, that they are ftrong, healthy, and adtive. 
Some of the Laplanders are very expert in carving in wood or 
horn, though they ufe no other tool than a common knife ; with 
this they make many little utenfils, fuch as cups, fpoons, &c. as 
will be more fully explained in a fubfequent fedion. Their 
fledges are of their own conflrudion, and fo artificially put toge¬ 
ther, that not a drop of wet can penetrate them. The women 
are very fkilful in ornamenting belts with tinfel wire, and fome 
of them, like the men, excel in carving upon wood or horn. Thefe 
people are very dexterous in the purfuits of the chafe, as will be 
fhewn hereafter. Their only weapons were formerly bows and 
arrows ; but they now make ufe of fire-arms, and are become 
good markfmen. 
The miffionary records, as a principal virtue of the natives of 
Lapland, their great attention to the duties of religion, and their 
ferious devotion when affembled at divine fervice. He fpeaks 
of the patience with which they fit bareheaded in the fevered: 
frofls, for three hours together, to hear the word of God delivered 
to them under tents, which are by no means fufficiently fecured 
againfi: the current of an extreme cold air. It appears, that at 
and quilt; and thefe two feather-beds are moll commonly of the fineft andfofteft 
down. Some phyficians recommend fleeping on the right fide, or right ear; the 
good bithop feems, however, to think, that to fleep cafually on either ear is the 
moil conducive to health. 
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