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(1789) [MARC] Author: Matthew Consett
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LAPLAND GIRLS. 452

with Trath, T fhall-not take upon me to determine,
The Lapland Girls, however, were not without their
Sentiments of religion, And before they left their own ~
country applied to their Minifter for a certificate of their
fidelity to their own Church.

The female’ Laplanders, with three more as compa-

ions, walked on foot with the five Rein-deer near fix

hundred miles by land. before they7reeched_Gottenburg,

where we met them, and embarked altogether for

England.

You will excufe me if I digrefs for one moment on-
the Subjeé_ of sthefe Rein-deer. “Thefe Animals fince
theif ‘arrival in England have bred, sae are likely to»
become very prolific. Ménfieut Buffon and other Na-
turalifts have affirmed that they, will never ‘thrive* or
breed in any country but Lapland. The Experiment
which has been made upon this occafion will effeétually
eonfute thisIdea,. Few indeed have had the fame ad-

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