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(1789) [MARC] Author: Matthew Consett
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When they depart for their own mountains the arrangement of their Deer and loaded Pulchas or Sledges makes a very singular appearance. They do not travel in a mixed multitude and without order, but with much regularity and method. Precedency is always claimed, and allowed to the Senior. The others follow in rotation, which presents to the Eye a Procession of Deer and Sledges; the uncouth figures of men, and utensils of various kinds and shapes, extending from seven to eight or nine miles in length.

The Furs, which are purchased by the merchants of Tornao and the other Finland Towns, are made into male and female dresses, and sent to Stockholm and other parts of Sweden.

There is no very essential difference between this country and those of the neighbouring Latitudes. Their fish, fowl, and wild animals, are much the same, though preference has sometimes been given to the Finland Fish. The Lakes, though of a pacific appearance, and presenting to the

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