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CONCERNING LAPLAND. 165
the {kins of the fawns of the rein-deer, the fur fide outwards ;
and in order to keep out the cold more effectually, lined within-
fide with cyprus grafs. The women make a better fort of gloves
for fale, which are worn by Laplanders of diftinction: thefe have
the part covering the hand formed from the {kin of the black fox,
or rein-deer’s foot, with the fur on the outfide: thefe gloves reach
over the wrift, and fome way up the arm; the upper part of the
glove, which touches the arm, is made of cloth curioufly wrought
with tinfel wire, and trimmed with otter’s {kin. Many Laplan-
ders, male as well as female, wear copper bracelets about the
wrift, which they fancy have the virtue of preferving them from
pains in their limbs.
The men do not ufe ftockings, but inftead of them a fort of
pantaloons, which clofely fit the thighs and legs. They are made
either of kerfey or other coarfe cloth, or of tanned leather, and
fometimes of the {kin of the rein-deer’s legs. Thofe made of
kerfey or other cloth, have a patch of fkin fewed on them at
the knee, to render them more lafting ; the others, of tanned
leather, are called fffekak, and are chiefly intended for the water.
Some of {kin and leather, that is, the fore part leather, and the
hind part fkin, are called kamas bufack : thefe are commonly ufed
on land, and worn over the pantaloons of kerfey or coarfe cloth.
The fhoes of the Laplanders have but one fole, which is fome-
times taken from the fkin of the rein-deer’s head; the upper-
leathers and the ancle-piece are from the legs of the fame animal.
This fort of fhoe is much ufed by the mountain Laplanders, and
8 called
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