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CONCERNING LAPLAND. 177
_being at that time every where melted. The {mall tent which
the mountain Laplander ufes when he hunts rein-deer, or goes
any long journey, is of coarfe canvafs, and called in his language,
lawo. When he intends eredting it, he clears away the {now till
he comes to the bare earth, over which he fpreads fmall branches
lopt from the trees near him, leaving a rampart of fnow on every
fide. He then cuts down a fufficient number of poles, which he
fixes in the fnow, making them meet at the top, binds them to-
gether with a cord, and faftens them round his canvafs covering,
referving an opening for the fmoke. His fire is made on the
{tones he colleéts, and if he wants it for the purpofe of cooking,
as well as warming his frozen limbs, he fixes a pot which he has
brought with him for that purpofe. The maritime Laplander
ufes a tent of a fimilar kind, when he is upon a fea voyage, in his
boat, and happens to be driven on fhore by bad weather. He is
then forced to have recourfe to fuch an expedient, from the cir-
cumftance of no human habitations being near him.
The mountain and maritime Laplanders make ufe of fmall
fheds as receptacles for provifions and houfehold {tuff not in im-
mediate requeft: they are raifed on logs of wood a {mall height
from the ground. The maritime Laplander places them near his
hut; the mountain Laplander in the woods, as is further explained
in a following fection, wherein the miffionary treats of their jour-
neys by land. The mountain Laplander digs holes in the earth,
which he calls gedge-borra: thefe he paves at bottom with ftones,
and herein he ftores the flefh of the rein-deer.
Vou. I. Aa Having
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