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44 TRAVELS
were the moft filthy and difagreeable that it is poffible to con-
ceive. They held the fifh they were eating in their hands, and
the oil that diftilled from it ran down their arms, and into the
fleeves of their coats, which might be fcented at the diftance of
fome yards. The girl had rather more cleanlinefs in her perfon,
and fome portion of that decency which is fo peculiar to her fex.
This was apparent in her refufing the drink that was offered to
her, and efpecially brandy, of which fhe was im reality as fond as
the men. This affectation of modefty and reluctance in women
to poflefs what they with for, but which at the fame time they
apprehend would be unbecoming, appear to be qualities inherent
in the fex, fince this prudery is obfervable even among women
in Lapland.
We now fet about landing our baggage, and fettling accounts
with our honeft Finlanders, who-had faithfully and duly attended
us from Muonioni{ca, and brought us fafely fo far on our journey.
We had conceived a great regard for thefe worthy men; and we
perceived, on parting with them, a tear of affection ftealing down
their cheeks, which demanded a fimilar acknowledgment. They
took leave of us, returning their thanks, and taking us by the
hand; and fo ftrongly did we feel in our own hearts the like.
cordiality of fentiment, that we could not refufe them fuch a
token of familiarity ‘and regard. The Laplanders, notwithftand-
ing the natural phlegm of their temper, did not remain inatten-
tive obfervers of the fcene that was paffing before them, and could
not but derive from it a favourable opinion of us, and even find
their:
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