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CONCERNING LAPLAND. 205
fledges likewife may be lodged which are not in ufc; in general,
however, they turn them upon the fnow, keel upwards, and in
this pofition they anfwer the purpofe of repofitories for their ve-
nifon.
Before the Laplander enters the fledge, he puts on his gloves,
which have the fur on the outfide; afterwards he places himfelf
in it, taking the rein, or halter, faftened to the rein deer’s head,
and tying it about his right thumb. In the mean time the deer
ftands ftill, and the rein hangs on the left fide. When the man
is ready to fet off, he fhakes the rein with violence from fide to
fide, and the animal fprings forward at great fpeed. The driver
directs the courfe of the deer, which is irregular and ferpentine,
by pulling the rein on the fide he would have him go. When
the Laplander would travel at the fulleft fpeed which the rein-
deer is able to make, he places himfelf on his knees, encouraging
him by certain founds or other movements to mend his pace ;
and when he would have him ftop, he fhifts the rein from the
right fide to the left, upon which the animal immediately ftands
fill.
If it happen that a rein-deer prove reftiff, or inclined to run
away, the Laplander, if in company with others, gives up his rein
to the driver of the fledge immediately before him, who ties it to
his fledge, and thus the unruly animal is checked in his violent
fpeed by the more fober rein-deer harneffed to the fledge which
precedes. As, in defcending ftcep hills, the fledge is apt to glide
forward, and prefs upon the hinder legs of the animal, a fecond
2 rein-
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