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THROUGH LAPLAND. 51
cloud of fmoke. We were obliged to eat with gloves on; and
at every morfel we put into our mouths we were under the
neceffity of drawing afide the veils that covered our faces, very
gently and with great circum{pedtion, for fear of the infects en-
tering along with our refrefhment. In {pite of all our precautions
the mufquetoes were fometimes fwallowed together with our
viands. In order to be quit of fo difgufting a fauce, we were
compelled at each morfel we put into our mouths, to draw near
the fire, and thruft our heads into the rifing column of fmoke:
We chofe rather to encounter all the bad effects of the {moke,
and to be half fuffocated, than to fwallow thofe peftiferous ani-
mals.
In order to remedy the inconveniency occafioned by the defect
of a breeze, which might waft the fmoke horizontally, and thus
make us partakers of its kind influence, we bethought us of the
following contrivance: we kindled three fires around us, in the
midit of which we were glad to remain, notwithftanding the ex-
ceffive heat. I cannot at this moment account to myfelf why
we did not think of fetting up our tent, under which we certainly
fhould have enjoyed greater comfort, and have been lefs tor-
mented by the infects. Perhaps it was, that we did not expect to
remain long in this place, and becaufe the erection of our tent
always took up fome time ; or it might be too carefully packed up,
or perhaps we had not the means at hand of erecting it. It often
happens that a perfon does things for which he afterwards can
affign no direct reafon, though at the time he may have had fatis-
factory grounds for his proceedings.
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