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a stroking action which twists the whole together.
This is repeated several times. She shortens the
thread as she proceeds, in order that the
intermediate portions may be twisted firmly against
the cheek. By this means a very strong well-spun
thread is produced; so strong that salmon fishers
in Norway are glad to obtain it for their lines.
We gradually become more and more sociable;
the unfavourable impression produced by the metal
buttons at our last visit appears to have been
removed by the three dollars. Coffee is prepared,
offered, and accepted. We join the family
breakfast party, sit upon the boulders which are
arranged around the fire and do duty as chairs, find
the air of the hut more breathable than we
expected, and the mixture of coffee and reindeer
milk very good. It is served in a very limited
number of Staffordshire-ware cups, and sweetened
with lump sugar.
We wait very anxiously for the approach of the
deer until about 4.30, when the Lapps espy them
on the mountain ridge that terminates the upper
part of the valley. We cannot see them yet, but
presently something moving in the distance
renders them visible to our unpractised eyes.
By slow degrees and tedious effort they are
brought down the slope, the leader of the flock
being lassoed by the horns, and forcibly dragged
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