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CONCERNING LAPLAND. 161
fore and behind, and ends in a point; anda cap thus fhaped they
call in their own language nindue kapperak, which means a cap
with a nofe. The miffionary fays, he faw once a cap which be-
longed to a poor Laplander, and was made of a falmon’s {kin ;
it was white, and had fquare divifions, which were vifible where
the fcales had dropped from the fkin.
They wear a fort of riding-hood, called by them rivok, which
they ufe in hunting, or in attending the tame rein-deer whilft
feeding. This hood has only a {mall opening to look through, 1s
clofe fewed up before, and when it is put on the head covers the
breaft and fhoulders: in front there appears a flap, which is called
zhialbme-raft.
The men in Lapland very rarely wear any covering about their
necks, or whenever they make ufe of fomething like it, it confifts
of a narrow piece of cloth, which only goes once round ; fo that
their throats are always expofed naked, or nearly fo, to the feve-
rity of the weather.
The tunick, or clofe garment, worn by the Laplander, is called
a tork, and is made of fheep’s {kin with the wool on, the woolly
fide being inwards: it has a high collar, made ftiff with kerfey,
or other cloth, neatly worked with different coloured threads, and
extending a little way down the bofom. As this tunick at the fame
time ferves for a fhirt, it has no opening but where it covers the
breaft ; and it is more or lefs ornamented, according to the con-
dition and fancy of the wearer, with cloth in like manner as the
collar, and bordered with otter’s fkin. On the left fide, in front,
Vot. II. n°
15
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