Full resolution (JPEG) - On this page / på denna sida - General Remarks Concerning Lapland - Section XI
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
Below is the raw OCR text
from the above scanned image.
Do you see an error? Proofread the page now!
Här nedan syns maskintolkade texten från faksimilbilden ovan.
Ser du något fel? Korrekturläs sidan nu!
This page has never been proofread. / Denna sida har aldrig korrekturlästs.
CONCERNING LAPLAND. 23
Another collar is fometimes put on by way of ornament, although
the rope before-mentioned may alfo be faftened to it: this collar
is made of kerfey cloth, and embellifhed with tinfel, haying a ball
hanging trom it at the bottom.
A broad girth furrounds the body of the rein-deer, and is called
by the Laplanders aagotas. That part of the girth which is under
the belly is of leather, the other, covering the back and fides, of
kerfey, ornamented with tinfel, and lined with fkin: but this
girth is not in general ufe, though it certainly appears to be of
fome feryice, inafmuch as it has an opening fcr the rope before-
mentioned to pafs through, and by that means caufes the fledge
to proceed with fteadinefs; whereas the cord being faftened to-the
neck collar only, admits of fhaking, and unfteady motion out of
the ftraight line, as the animal bounds from fide to fide in the ve-
locity and violence of his progrefs. This entire harnefs, befides
other trappings which are only ufed occafionally, and not neceflary
to be here fpecified, is the work of the Lapland women.
The fledge is made exactly in the fhape of a boat, having a flat
ftern. It hasa keel and thwarts (to fpeak the language of boat-
building), and the fide planks have their ends faftened with
wooden pegs. The fledge is caulked within, {o that no water
“ean enter through the fides. The rope by which the fledge is
drawn is fixed to the head-poft. The Laplanders have four
different kinds of fledges. One called giet-kierres, that is to fay,
the portable fledge, is moft commonly ufed: this is entirely
open from head to ftern, and fo light that it may be taken up and
Dd2 carried
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
