CONCERNING LAPLAND. 
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SECTION VII, 
Of the Manner in which the Laplanders prepare their Beds—Pre¬ 
caution ufed againjl the Mufquetoes . 
r ~ Ip HE bed which the maritime Laplander retires to in his hut, 
and the mountain Laplander in his tent, is alike made of 
the skins of the rein-deer fpread over the branches of trees, with 
which the floor is covered. The Laplander’s outer coat ferves as 
a pillow, and a prepared fheep’s skin, with the woolly fide inwards, 
as a blanket, over which is laid a woollen rug. For the winter 
the mountain Laplander has a rug, which has a bag within it, into 
which he places his feet. Be the cold ever fo intenfe, the moun¬ 
tain Laplander goes into bed naked. The beds are by no other 
means feparated than by a log of wood on each fide, as has been 
already defcribed. The hufband and wife fleep at the farther end, 
the children in the divifion next them, and the fervants nearefl the 
door, but fo nigh to each other, that the hufband and wife can, 
with their hands, reach over to the childrens’ bed, and thefe again 
to that of the fervants. 
In the fummer feafon the mountain Laplander, being greatly 
infefled with gnats, or mufquetoes, has a contrivance to defend 
himfelf from their flings whilfl in bed, and at the fame time not 
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