CONCERNING LAPLAND. 
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near at hand. The moft ornamental piece of furniture the Lap¬ 
lander pofTeffes is his child’s cradle : this is a piece of wood pro¬ 
perly fhaped, and hollowed with his own hand. It has a recefs 
for the infant’s head. Cords are fixed to go round it, and fallen 
occafionally to the mother’s back when Die travels ; and a ring 
with beads is fufpended from the upper part, to amufe t^he child 
as it lies on its back with its hands at liberty. 
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