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CONCERNING LAPLAND. 174
SECTION VI.
Of the Habitations of the Laplanders, and their domeftic Ar-
ra ngements.
HE huts of the maritime Laplanders, or thofe who dwell on
the coaft, are called Jaume guatte, and are conftructed with
four pofts bent together in an oval form, with a {mall door, and
an opening in the roof to let out the fmoke. The roof of thefe
huts is formed with the bark of the birch-tree and fods of earth.
To enter them it is neceflary to ftoop almoft double, and within
there is no poffibility of ftanding erect, except perhaps in the
centre, where the fire is made, which is exaétly under the before-
mentioned {moke hole. To retire even a ftep from the fire-place
towards the fide of the hut is impoffible, unlefs the body is quite
bent down. The family, however, are all feated round the fides,
not minding the inconvenience of ftooping. The whole inner
{pace is covered with boughs of trees. In the middle of the hut
two piles of {tones are raifed in a rude manner at an equal dif-
tance, parallel to each other, in a direction from the door to the
oppofite end of the hut: this is for the fire-place ; at the four ex-
treme corners of which are fixed as many pofts: thefe pofts ferve
to fupport a frame, on which projecting pieces of wood are faft-
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