CONCERNING LAPLAND. 
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being at that time every where melted. The fmall tent which 
the mountain Laplander ufes when he hunts rein-deer, or goes 
any long journey, is of coarfe canvafs, and called in his language, 
lawo. When he intends ere&ing it, he clears away the fnow till 
he comes to the bare earth, over which he fpreads fmall branches 
lopt from the trees near him, leaving a rampart of fnow on every 
fide. He then cuts down a fufficient number of poles, which he 
fixes in the fnow, making them meet at the top, binds them to¬ 
gether with a cord, and fallens them round his canvafs covering, 
referving an opening for the fmoke. His fire is made on the 
flones he colledls, and if he wants it for the purpofe of cooking, 
as well as warming his frozen limbs, he fixes a pot which he has 
brought with him for that purpofe. The maritime Laplander 
ufes a tent of a fimilar kind, when he is upon a fea voyage, in his 
boat, and happens to be driven on fhore by bad weather. He is 
then forced to have recourfe to fuch an expedient, from the cir- 
cumftance of no human habitations being near him. 
The mountain and maritime Laplanders make ufe of fmall 
fheds as receptacles for provifions and houfehold fluff not in im¬ 
mediate requefl: they are raifed on logs of wood a fmall height 
from the ground. The maritime Laplander places them near his 
hut; the mountain Laplander in the woods, as is further explained 
in a following fedlion, wherein the miffionary treats of their jour¬ 
neys by land. The mountain Laplander digs holes in the earth, 
which he calls gedge-borra : thefe he paves at bottom with flones, 
and herein he flores the fleffi of the rein-deer. 
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