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202 GENERAL REMARKS.
SECTION XI.
Of the Mode of harneffing the Rein-Deer, and the different Sledges
that are ufed by the Laplanders—The Manner of Travelling with
Rein-Deer and Sledges.
UCH of the Laplanders as are rich make ufe of gelt rein-deer
for their fledges; they who are lefs wealthy content them-
felves with a fledge drawn by a hind, or female. It requires great
pains to break thefe animals to the harnefs; and fome are never
to be taught at all, whilft others are brought to it by perfeverance,
and after a length of time.
The gear, or harnefs of the rein-deer, is called by the Laplan-
ders baggie. They ufe only a rein or thong for guiding the deer,
which, like a halter for horfes, is faftened to the head of the
beaft, whilft the other end is held in the hand, being fixed by a
loop to the right thumb. Over the neck of the animal is put a
broad collar, made of untanned rein-deer skin, to which a rope
is faftened of thongs cut from feal-skin, or the hide of an ox, and
twifted together: this rope paffes under the belly, betwixt the
fore and hind legs, and is made faft to the fledge; the rope is
coyered with a foft skin, that it may not gall the animal’s legs.
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