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be Bitr No BD. 4 63
have fo gentle-and complaifant a manner that their beha-
viour removes a prejudice whicletheir firft appearance
does not fail to excite. As their manners.are gentle fo
their charaéters are chalte. -
The language of the Laplanders isa harfh and unintel-
ligible Jargon derived from: their neighbours, the ancient
Inhabitants of Finland. Their voices however are mufical
"and they never require much entreaty to oblige. The few
{pecimens which we poflefs of Lapland Poetry, give you
a favorable impreffion of their ¢a/fe, and tafte molt certainly
it is, uncorrupted by foreign Ideas, and entirely the pro-
du€tion ofnature. In the Speétator you have two elegant
Odes tranflated from the language of Lapland (Nos. 366
and 406. ) I fhall make no apology for adding a third,
A LAPLAND SONG,
“TAAHE Snows are diflolving on Tornao’s rude fide,
; And the Ice of Lulhea flows down the dark tide?
- Thy dark ftream, Oh Lulhea, flows freely away,
And the Snow-drop unfolds her pale beauties to Day.
Far
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