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Of the Laplanders Cattel. 131
but now multitudes are tamed for domestick service ; those that are bred
oS tame ones, remain so, of which there is great plenty. There is a third
sort bred of the wild and tame , for they use, as Sam. Rheen observes, to
set out tame Does about rutting time, for the better conveniency of
catching the wild ones. Thence it happens that sometimes the tame ones breed
that third sort, which they call particularly Kattaigiar or Purach , and are
bigger and stronger than the rest, and fitter to draw Sledges. He saies
too that they retain something of their primitive wildeness, sometimes being
very headstrong, and kicking at him that fits on the Sledge. The driver hath
no remedy then but to turn his Cart, and lie under it, till the Beast ceases to
be unruly, for they are Strong, and will not be governed wit whips. They
go a rutting about S. Matthews tide, in the same manner that Staggs do: if
any Buck be killed in that Season, the flesh Stinks like a Goats, which makes
the Inhabitants desist from killing them at that time, but at other times
they are good meat. The Does ( which they call Waijar) are big ten months,
they calve about May, when they can recruit themselves with the Sun, and
fresh grass. They breed but one a piece, but are so fertile, that of an
hundred there is not ten barren. Those that have calved are stiled Raona, which
become exceeding fleshy, as if they were fatned against Autumn , at which
time they are usualy killed.
Those that have young ones never are housed , but give fuck without,
and in this case the great multitude breeds no confusion, for each Doe
knows her proper Calf, and is known by it; so saies Sam. Rheen, who
affirms that they know one another after two or three years absence. When
the Calves are grown they feed on grass and leaves, and what the
Mountains afford: their color is mixt of red and yellow. About S. James tide
they cast their hair, which in the next growth turns blackish. They are at
their full growth in 4 years , each year changing their name; the first, they
are stiled Namiloppa, i. e. nameless. Tornaus calls the Buck Hiroas , but Rheen
gives him the name of Herki. When they are able to work, they are tamed,
one sort being condemned to the Sledge, and thence named Vaijom-herki,
others to carry burdens, thence called Lykam-herki. Those that are defign’d
for labour they commonly gueld, which renders them more tractable : this
is done when they are a year old. Those which are reserved for breeding,
are called Servi. The Bucks are not so numerous as the Does, of which there
be an hundred for twenty , which are profitable for Milk, Cheese and
breeding. Both men and women milk them kneeling , one hand being emploied
to hold the pail ,and the other the dugg. They milk them sometimes loose,
and sometimes bound to a post, about 2 or 3 of the clock in the evening,
and but once a day , the rest being reserved forthe calves : those which have
Calves alwaies yield most milk: the greatest quantity they give at once is
a Swedish pint and half, that is about the fourth part of the ordinary
measure upon the Rhine. The milk is fat and thick , and very nurishing, which
is their chiefest food; that: which they do not boil they make Cheese of,which
is thus described by Rheen. The Dairy-Maids first let the milk stand to
cream, when it hath stood they take off the cream with a skimmer. When
one Cheesefat is filled, they fill another, and put it on the first, and so till
6 or 8 are filled, then they turn the Cheesefats, that the lowermost be
in the top, and use not their hands to press the Cheese, but let them press each
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