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THROUGH LAPLAND. 125
of vow. ye yaharms us that the wandering Laplanders {till pre-
ferve among them fome remains of paganifm. It happens here
and there in the deferts, that a ftone is feen bearing fome refem-
blance of the human form. ‘The Laplanders, when they chance
in the courfe of their movements from place to place with their
herds, to pafs by any of thefe ftones, offer up facrifices to the idcl.
There is always found near them a number of rein-deer’s horns.
He mentions, that the Laplanders have amongft them a confider-
able quantity of money, which they are in the cuftom of bury-
ing in the earth; fo that hundreds of rix dollars are frequently
loft, as the proprietors are often overtaken by fevere illnefs and
death, before they have revealed to any one the place where their
treafures are concealed.
Of the drefs of the Laplanders, he obferves, that there is
fcarcely any other difference between that of the mountaineers
and that of thofe who have permanent habitations, except that
thefe laft are, in the fummer feafon, in the habit of wearing
woollen ftuffs in place of the fkins of rein-deer; and that they
have fhirts, which the wandering Laplanders have not. The only
book known among the Laplanders, according to this authority,
is the prayer-book.
He fpeaks of a kind of glue made of the rein-deer’s horns,
which, he fays, is of a moft excellent quality. He further ftates,
that the moft common difeafe among the rein-deer, is that of the
milza; for which there is no remedy, and of which the animal
dies in the fpace of one year. He adds alfo, that difeafes of the
eyes, liver, heart, and feet, are very common to thofe creatures.
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