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found of the cod-fifh, or the inteflinesof the rein-deer with a quan¬ 
tity of butter milk. 
The mountain Laplanders likewife make butter of the rein¬ 
deer’s milk ; but as they take in the whole fubftance of the milk, 
it is of a white colour, and not fo well tafted or fat as that of the 
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cream of cow’s milk, ufed for that purpofe by the maritime Lap¬ 
lander, who has few rein-deer, and whofe Rock confifts chiefly of 
cows, fheep, and goats. In making their butter the women ufe 
their fingers only, ftirring the cream about with them till, as com¬ 
monly exprefled, the butter comes, or till it acquires confiftency. 
The mountain Laplander confiantly dines or fups upon venifon 
frefh killed throughout the winter, and daughters weekly one or 
tw r o rein-deer, according to the number of perfons of which his 
family confifts. His venifon is cooked in the following manner. 
He cuts Email pieces, which he puts in his pot, without paying any 
regard to cleaning them from blood and dirt: he then places the 
pot by the fide of the fire, that the fat may be drawn from the 
meat by gentle heat. When the meat is nearly done, he flkims 
the fat off and puts it by in a fhell, throwing a little fait into it; 
he next takes out the pieces with a wooden fork, and lays them 
on a difh, leaving the remaining liquor or broth in the pot. Sup¬ 
per being now ready, the family feat themfelves round this difh of 
meat; and as they eat, each dips the pieces held with the point 
of the knife into the fhell which contains the fat that has been 
fkimmed off, and now and then fups a ladle full of the broth re¬ 
maining in the pot, which is taken without any mixture of dour 
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