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THROUGH LAPLAND. 39
world. The fun, which fhone upon us, never funk below our
horizon; and we beheld almoft no colour but white intermixed
with green. Thefe objects, joined to the habitation of the fifher-
men, the novelty of the flowers which ornamented the ifle, that
of the birds which made the woods refound with their notes, all
contributed to aftonifh our fenfes, that had not anticipated fuch
extraordinary fcenes. Our tent, when fet up, appeared to be the
palace of the ifland, and was as ftrikingly fuperior to the hut of
the Laplanders, as the refidence of fovereign princes to the dwell-
ings of their fubjects. We got into our boat on purpofe to take a
furvey of our fituation from the lake, and we pleafed ourfelves
with the contemplation of the magnificent appearance of our new
kingdom. The infide of our tent was carpetted with birchen-
leaves {trewed over the mofs, which afforded a delicious perfume.
Our fifhermen feemed furprifed at the fplendour of our manfion,
and, for the firft time, had a pattern of luxury exhibited before
them of which they had conceived no idea. The three days we
paffed on this ifland were fpent delightfully: the lake furnifhed
our table with the fineft fifh, we found plenty of game in the
woods; we fifhed, we hunted, we bathed in the lake; we took
views of the landfcapes furrounding us, and colleéted plants and
infects. We followed thefe feveral amufements without the leaft
interruption from the mufquetoes, which, fortunately, had been
driven off the ifland by the violent wind before mentioned, which
likewife had contributed to cool the air, infomuch, as to make the
thermometer fall feven degrees.
We
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