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92 Of the Garments of the Laplanders.
together on their Rain.deer, which they have in great abundance. The
flefh of theSe they feed on in the Winter, and that alwaies boiled, but
in the Summer their diet is Milk, Cheele,and driedflgfh, Their dainties
most in esteem with them are the tongue and marrow of their Rain-decrs,
and with theSe they are want to entertain their Priefls. One oddkind oSdiSh
theSe of the Mountains have, and that is the blcod of their Rain-deers boiled
in water to the conSiftence oS a hasty pudding. The others that dwell in
the Wocds feed partly on Fifh, and partly on Birds and Beafts , and that
too both Summer and Winter, bnt more frequently on FiSh. Theflefh of
Beares they prefer before all other, and with that they feast their dearest
friends.
They have alfo fome kind of Sawces oS Black-berries, Straw-berries,
and oiher peculiar ones cS their own \ asalSo wild Angelica, and the inner
rine of the Pine-tree. The ufe of Bread and Salt is almost unknown to
them , and when they have any of the later, they ufe it very fparingly.
Instead of bread they eat dried fiSh, which by grinding they reduce to a kind
of meal, and instead of Salt the inward rine cf the Pine-tree , prepared
after an odd kind of manner. They pull the bark off first , and then they
take the inward rine, and divide it into thin skins like parchment, making
it very clean ; thefe they dry in the Sun, and then tearing it into Small pieces
they put it up in boxes made of the barks of trees : thefe they bury under
ground , and cover them with Sand. When they have bin dried about a day,
they kindle a great fire over the hole where they put their boxes, and by
that means the rines acquire a red color,and a very pleaSant tast. On
Fri-daies they eat no fleSh , but Seed either onfiSh, or milk, having retained
this custom Srom their Roman Catholic Priests. They boil all their SreSh
fleSh , but not very much ; that their broth may be the better and fuller of
gravy: and Sometimes they put alSo fifh into theSame kettle. Their milk
they either boil with Some quantity of water, it being of itfelf to thick,
or elSa- they let it stand in the cold, to freeze into a kind of Cheefe , that
it may be kept longer for ufe. Their fifh they eat Sometimes freSh as Soon as
they catch them; Sometimes they dry them in the Sun , and being hardned
by the wind and air, they may be kept Severall years.
Their Sweet meats, which Serve them instead of Apples, Nuts, and the
like, are preparations made of feverall Sorts oSBerries. When their
Straw-berries begin to be rjpe, they gather them, and boil them in their own
juice , without the addition of water, with a flow fire , till they are very
Soft: then they Sprinkle them over with a little Salt, and putting them into
a veSTell made of birch-bark, they bury it in the ground : and in the
Autumn and Winter when they have ocCafion for them, they take them out
as frelhasif they had bin newly gathered: and thefe stand them in good stead
when no other Berries are to be had. Sometimes whilst they are frelh they
put them to the flefh of Fifh, and make an odd kind ofdifh , after this
manner. Having boiled the Filli they, first bone them, and then add
Strawberries to them, and beat them together in a wooden pestle toamaSh, and
foeat it with Spoons. And this dilh they make alSo with all other kinds of
Berries. Another Kickfhaw that pleaSeth them very much, they make of
Angelica. They take the ftaulks beSore it Seed, and Scraping oS the outward
skin, they put the rest upon coals, and So eat it broiled. They have alSo
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