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THROUGH LAPLAND. 97
CHAPTER X.
Situation of Alten-Gaard—Profpect to the Frozen or Icy Ocean—
Bathe in this Sea—Inhabitants of Alten-Gaard; their Hofpitality—
Plan for proceeding to the North Cape by Water—Departure from
Alten-Gaard—Pafs near Mount Himellar, or Heaven-man ; Wa-
terfalls from this Mountain—Beautiful Scenery—Meet with the
Habitation of a Lapland Family, but find the Houfe deferted—
Vifit another Hut—Condition of the Laplanders on this Coafi—
Their Mode of Life, and happy Simplicity—Affecting Family-fcene
—Fall in with fome wandering or mountain Laplanders—Their
Tents and Premifes defcribed—A Herd of Rein-deer—Miferable
Appearance of thefe Animals—Their great Sufferings from the Heat,
and the Flies, efpecially the CEfirus Tarandi, Linn.—Rein-deer
Milk—Pafs the Whaal Sund, or Sound of Whales—Havefund, a
Jingle Houfe, in a difinal Situation—Appearance of Nature as you
approach the North Cape—Mageréin, or Bare Ifland—Arrive at
the Nortu Cape—Defcription of this Promontory.
N walking to the merchant’s houfe we obferved in an adjoin-
- ing pafture two or three horfes. The appearance of this ani-
mal, which we had not feen in the courfe of five hundred miles,
indicated that we had come to the refidence of a perfon who was
Vorwlk O a ftranger
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