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&5 TRAVELS
money, nor exempt from a paffion for being poffeffed of it. Their
fair feems to have given them an idea of taking advantage of cir-
cumftances whenever they may occur. Of this we had a proof
when we began to make preparations for purfuing our journey ;
they demanded nearly half a-crown a day for each man that was
to attend us, which was an enormous fum for that country, and
bore peculiarly hard upon us, fince we had occafion for five, and
afterwards for feven men, befides the interpreter and our own fer-
vant. Our interpreter attempted to demonftrate, that what they
afked was extravagant and unreafonable; but they would not be
moved by his arguments, but replied, that the prefent was the
feafon for fifhing, by which they fhould gain more than in our
fervice; which perhaps might be true. They feemed alfo to be
aware that, as travellers are not frequent in their country, if any
one journeyed there in a feafon when there was neither a fair, nor
any other particular bufinefs to attend, he muft either have plenty
of money himfelf, or be commiffioned by government to examine
and report the ftate of the country, and confequently be paid by
the king. Such I conceive was their reafoning, and there was
no remedy againft it; we had no other people but thefe that we
could apply to, and thence we were compelled to fubmit to their
terms. I confoled myfelf with the confideration, that I would
rather pay double their demand than return to Uleaborg, and give
up the intended journey. We now gave orders for our boats to be
got ready, and all our baggage to be ftowed into them. We fet
out from Kautokeino on the ninth of July, in the faireft weather
imaginable,
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