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Of the Garments of the Laplanders. 108
CHAP XIX
Of the Hunting of the Laplanders.
HAviNG Spoke of thofe things that relate to their Meat, Drink,
Cloathing, and other neceSfities, the Subjed of our next diSconrSe
will be their employments, which are either rare and more Solemn, or
daily and more ufual: thefe latter too are of two forts, either common
to both Sexes, or peculiar to one. Of thofe that are proper to men Hunting
is the cheif, for in this Countrey that exercife is lawfull to none but men:
Olaut Magnw, is of the contrary opinion, and faies Lib. 4. Cap. 12. that
there is here Such a multitude of Beafts, that the men alone, without the
help of women, dare not go out to hunt; and therefore they are as active
in this Sport, if not more than men. I beleive he had not this from any good
tradition, or his own knowledg , but rather followed the authority of Some
ancient Writers, as Procopius Lib. 2. Gothic, or Tacitut de mor. Gtr. for
whatfoever they Say concerning the Fermi and Scritfinni, is So far from
being true of the Laplanders, that they do not permit women fo much
as to touch their hunting weapons or beafts brought home, and debar them
all paffage at that door thro which they go to that fport, as will be Shewed
hereafter. They obferve in hunting many things with great fuperftition, as
not to go out upon ominous daies, fuch as S[ Marks ( whom they call
Can-tepaive) S’ Clements and S. Catharines, becauSe they believe on theSe daies
Some misfortune will happen to their weapons, and that they Shall have no
gocd fuccefs all the year after. They think they cannot profper, unlefs
they have firft confulted their Gods by their Drum, which they ufe before
their going out, and have therefore feverall beasts pictured upon’ it. This
is chiefly before the hunting a Bear. The third obfervation is that they will
not go out at the ufual door, but at one in the backfide of the houfe called
’Tofli, I fuppofe it is to avoid women , the meeting of whom is an ill omen
to huntfmen, and therefore they are forbidden to come on that fide of the
houfe where this door is, as 01. Matthias afTured me while I was writing
this, who was very well acquainted with this Country. Zieglerut faies the
fame, tho fomething obfcurely , that a woman is not to go thro this door
that day her husband is hunting : but it is not only that day, but at no time
elfe. All thefe things are by way of preparation. The hunting it Self is
various according to the time of year, and Severall Sizes of beafts. In the
Summer they hunt cn foot with Dogs, which are very good in thefe parts,
not only for their fcent, but that they dare fet upon anything, being ftill
tied up to make them more fierce. In the Winter they themfelves run down
the game, Aiding over the fnow in a."kind of fcates, which I Shall defcribe
more fully in another place. Little beafts they chafe with bow and arrows,
the greater with fpears and guns; tho fometimes they ufe other arts. That
Sort of bead: they call Hermelmes , they take ill traps as we do Mice, which
are So contrived of wood that the touching of any part makes them fall;
Sometimes
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