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called ghllolali. The hair is left upon the flcin, and worn on the 
outfide of the flioe, which would render it flippery to walk with, 
efpecially on the ice, unlefs the people had the precaution to finge 
the hair, and thus by giving it a more uneven furface, make it 
fufceptible of fridtion. This is the more neceffary for children, 
who would otherwife meet with many falls and accidents. There 
are fhoes which have foies of fealfkin, and the upper-leather of 
fome thinner fort, either tanned or untanned. This kind of flioe 
is chiefly worn by thofe who are much on the water. The Lap¬ 
lander makes ufe neither of buckle or latchet, but faflens his fhoes 
with a thong twifted round his ancle. The better to preferve his 
feet from the cold, he fills his flioes with ftraw or ruffles. As his 
pantaloons do not reach down to his heels, his foot is confequently 
put into the fhoe naked. The flraw and rufhes are therefore care¬ 
fully difpofed withinfide the fhoe, and at night taken out to dry, 
that they may be fit for ufe the next morning ; and when this 
lining will ferve no longer, a frefli one is fought for. 
The Lapland women make a kind of boot for fale, the foie of 
which, as well as the upper-leather, with the heel-pieces, are com- 
pofed of the hide of the rein-deer’s legs, with the hair outwards. 
The other parts, fuch as the inner foie, the legs, and the knee- 
tops, are of cloth, the latter being neatly w 7 orked w ith tinfel wire. 
Thele boots are fattened above the knee with a ftrap, from which 
hangs a toflfel made of fhreds of cloth. The toe of this fort of 
boot, which is called by the Laplanders facpolak , ends in a fliarp 
point. 
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