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214 GENERAL REMARKS
groundlefs. It fhould feem, that the Laplander’s wife confines
herfelf to the duties of her fituation, and is not ambitious, like
fome of her fex in other countries to the fouth of Lapland, to dif-
tinguifh herfelf by exercifes which are better adapted, and more
properly belong to the men.
Hares exift in great plenty in Lapland; they are white in win-
ter, but in fummer of the colour they are ufually found in other
places. The Laplanders fometimes fhoot them, but for the moft
part take them in {nares and traps.
Bears are common in Finmark, and different parts of Norway.
The rein-deer, by their fwiftnefs, are able to elude thofe enemies ;
but cows, fheep, and goats frequently become their prey. Befides
flefh, the bears are exceedingly fond of berries, infomuch, that
thefe owe their vernacular name to them ; the fame appellation in
the northern languages fignifying both. Of berries the bear finds
a {ufficient fupply during the fummer in the woods; he eats herbs
and grafs likewife in that feafon; flefh therefore feems to be eaten
by him through neceffity, and the want of other food in winter.
The Laplanders generally affail the bears with their rifle guns;
but if they be not killed or difabled by the firft fhot, the hunter
ftands in great jeopardy, for the wounded animal will then return
to the attack with the greateft fury. The bear is lkewife en-
fnared by ftratagems of various kinds. It is a prevailing opinion
in the countries of northern Europe, that this animal fupports
himfelf through the winter by a milky kind of moifture that
exudes from his fore paws, and which he fucks, uttering at the
fame
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