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Of the Laplanders Handy-craft-trades. i aj.
they caulk them with moft to keep out the water, and uSe Sometimes two,
Sometimes Sour oares, So fasten’d to pegs in the fides, that one man may row
with two.
The third trade is the Carpenters, to make (ledges, which are not all of the
fame Shape, thoSe they travel in, call’d Tnlca being made in the faihion
ofhalfaboit, having the prou about a Span broad turned up, with a hole
in it to run a cord thro to faften it to a Rain-deer, and the poupe of one flat
board: the body is built of many, which are Saften’d with wooden pegs to
tour or five ribs; they never go upon wheeles, but are convex and round,
that they may roul any way, and more eafily be drawn over the Snow. This
defcription agrees with thatfledg which I have, and the Testimony of
Her-lerSlenius, OLus Magnus, and Johannes Torn<eus. The fore partof them is
cover’d w ith Sea-Calfs skin for abont an ell, stretch’d upon hoops, least
the Snow Should come in, under which they put rnofs to keep their feet
warm. Thefe are about three ells long, but thofe that carry baggage, called
ackkj»ia)ifivt,zrc not cover’d any where. The people defend their goods from
the weather, according to Wexionius, with raw flax:but that is not probable,
becaufe no flax grows there, and the ufe of flaxen garments is unknown,
and therefore I believe they do it with skins orbark. \nOlausMagnus lib.
17. cap. 25. there is a cart painted upon wheeles, the Author defcribes it
in thefe words, yuidomeflici funt Rangi/eri curulihus plauflris aptantur, but
what thefe curulia plaujlra ftgaifie he does not explain. And fince the
Painter has drawn other things according to his own capacity, and
understanding, I do not know whether he has not follow’d his own opinion more then
Olauss narration, but’tis certain there are no wheele carts, for what they
cany in Summer is put in dorfers upon Rain-deers. Thefe Tradesmeh make
their Sliding Shoes, which becaufe I have defcrib’d in the former Chapter,
1 need not now fpeak of.
The fourth is making boxes and cheSlsto lay up weapons and other things
in, which are all ofan oval Shape, of which fort Lodjvicus Otto Bathonienfis
gave me one. They are madeof thin birch plancks, which are focontrived
and bent into an Oval, that the pegs or twigs, with which they are fasten’d,
are not perceiv’d. The lids are of one board, and for ornamenr often inlaid
with Rain-deers bones in diverfe figures, which for better illustration you
Shall fee defcrib’d at the end of this Chapter in the cut inarkt with the
letter C.
The fift Trade is making Baskets, in which Art no Nation can compare
with them. The matter they make them off is roots of Trees, which they
work not as other people do , for they make them of what bignefs they
pleafe, and if occalwn require, will be fo accurate in their work as to
interweave the roots So neat and cloSe together, that they Shall hold water like
a Solid veSfel. Their Shapes are diverfe, Some round with a cover and handle
to carry them by, and others Squares or oblongs. Not only the Laplanders
and Swedes uSe iheSe, but they are alSo Sor their curicfity and strength Sent
into farther Countries: thtfigureB. atthe endwillgivea viewoSa round
oue.
Befide theSe the men make all manner of houfhold-ftuff of wood or bone;
and particularly Spoons, one of which I have with all its Rings and
Ornaments, as you may See at figure A. I have two weaving instruments, a Shuttle
C c about
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