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CONCERNING LAPLAND. 179
SECTION VIL.
Of the Manner in which the Laplanders prepare their Beds—Pre-
caution ufed againft the Mufquetoes.
HE bed which the maritime Laplander retires to in his hut,
and the mountain Laplander in his tent, is alike made of
the skins of the rein-deer fpread over the branches of trees, with
which the floor is covered. The Laplander’s outer coat ferves as
a pillow, and a prepared fheep’s skin, with the woolly fide inwards,
as a blanket, over which is laid a woollen rug. For the winter
the mountain Laplander has a rug, which has a bag within it, into
which he places his feet. Be the cold ever fo intenfe, the moun-
tain Laplander goes into bed naked. The beds are by no other
means feparated than by a log of wood on each fide, as has been
already defcribed. The hufband and wife fleep at the farther end,
the children in the divifion next them, and the fervants neareft the
door, but {o nigh to each other, that the hufband and wife can,
with their hands, reach over to the childrens’ bed, and thefe again
to that of the fervants. ;
In the fummer feafon the mountain Laplander, being greatly
infefted with gnats, or mufquetoes, has a contrivance to defend
him(elf from their ftings whilft in bed, and at the fame time not
Ava? fuffer
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