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THROUGH LAPLAND. 4i
and they were fo nimble in their flight, that if a fifh was thrown
up into the air, they would dart down upon it, and catch it in its
defcent before it reached the water. As the fifhermen appeared
to be apprehenfive that they would leave them if a gun was to be
fired off, I made a trial of taking them by means of, a hook and
line. Accordingly I contrived to bury a hook in the body ofa
fifth, and holding the other end of the ftring, to throw the bait at
fome diftance from me: but this contrivance was attended with
no fuccefs ; for fuch is their keennefs of fight, that they difcovered
the device, and though they feized the fifh, they would not gorge
it when they found it was made faft toa firing.
It has been already mentioned that we remained three days on
this ifland; and we made this ftay in order to prepare and take
proper meafures for purfuing our journey. Every thing depended
on the chance of meeting with wandering Laplanders, who might
affift us to crofs the mountains with their rein-deer, and fhew us
the paffages through which we might continue our route. In
order to afcertain the probability of this, we fent forward one of
the fifhermen from off the ifland to engage any he might meet
with, and appoint a place where we might join them. Our envoy
had full power to treat, and make them fuch propofals as he fhould
judge would be accepted. He fet off, and promifed to be back
in four and twenty hours. On the fecond day after his departure
we became uneafy; but hea the third day paffed without his
returning, the fifhermen, his comrades, grew alarmed, and were
at a lofs to account for this delay. Alone as he was, and croffing
Vou. IL. G an
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