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the outer garment of cloth, which, as has juft been mentioned, is 
without any collar. The women have another kind of upper gar¬ 
ment, called barve, made of kerfey or coarfe cloth, but different 
from the other already fpoken of, as this comes no lower than the 
middle, is gathered round, and lies in folds about the body. The 
upper coat of rein-deer’s fkin, or its fawn, refembles that of the 
men in every refpedl, except that thofe which the men wear 
come down to the heels, whereas the women’s fcarcely reach lower 
than the knees. 
The gloves of the Lapland women are alike in ffiape to thofe 
of the men ; fome of them are w hite, made of the legs of the rein¬ 
deer’s {kin, the hair outw 7 ards, ornamented with flips of cloth of 
various colours, few-ed on them. The pantaloons of the women, 
like thofe of the men, ferve inftead of {lockings, and are made of 
kerfey or other cloth, or of {kins from the rein-deer’s legs, but 
very feldom of tanned leather. The women’s fhoes are always 
made of the fkin of the rein-deer’s legs, with upper-leathers of the 
fame; thofe of the mountains preferring {kins of a white colour. 
The belts or girdles of the women are of leather or cloth, em- 
bellilhed with plates of tin : from the girdle hangs down a fmaller 
belt, ornamented with brafs, which has a number of different little 
things, and among others, brafs rings hanging from it: the better 
fort of women have girdles bedecked in like manner with filver. 
The women wear over their fhoulders kerchiefs, or mantles of 
Ruffian linen, or of cotton, fometimes white, and fometimes 
printed in colours : they alfo make ufe of narrow aprons of Ruffia 
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