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CONCERNING LAPLAND. 221
fome of that f{pecies of animals which are known by the name
of fea-horfes (trichechus rofinarus ), by the Norwegians called hval-
ros, and by the Laplanders mor/k. The fea-horfe has broad nof-
trils, a thick tongue, and large prominent teeth, by which he can
faften himfelf to the rocks fo as not eafily to be drawn from them:
thefe teeth are, for their fuperior whitenefs, preferred to ivory.
The Laplanders fometimes fhoot them, and often attack them
with clubs when they come on fhore at the feafon of their breed-
ing. On thefe occafions the males make a {tout refiftance, and
the females will fight in defence of their young till they them-
felves are killed. This animal, as well as the feal, is amphibious,
being as often feen on the rocks and on the beach as in the fea.
Squirrels, to which the Norwegians give the name of korn, and
the Laplanders orre, are taken in many parts of Finmark. They
are generally fhot with blunt arrows from crofs-bows, to preferve
the beauty of their skins. When they are fold, they are put up
in lots of forty {kins each, which produce to the firft feller a crown
or dollar.
The ermine, which is a kind of weazle, breeds in Finmark in
immenfe numbers: to this little animal the Laplanders give the
name of boitta. The point of its tail is black, and the reft of its
body white. It is taken in traps, and, like the common weafle,
is exceedingly voracious and bold, frequently attacking animals of
a much larger fize than itfelf. When caught ina trap it conftantly
voids its urine, which, if it touch the skin, generally ftains it yel-
low and fpoils it.
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