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ACCOUNT OF DANISH LAPLAND BY LEEMS. — 385
ney, ufually wears amufiler about his neck, made out of the {kin of a young fox, duly
obierving that the tail hangs from his neck on his fhoulders.. -The Swedifh merchants,
when they have to travél over the mountains, in like manner cover round the neck with
the fkin of a martin, in order to keep off the cold; and that nothing fhould be wanting
to it, they ufually fill up the crevices made in it by the,eyes taken out, by new ones caft
from filver. The cloak which is made from the hide of the rein-deer when young, the
Laplanders call Moedda, fafhioned according ‘tothe model of the aforefaid cloak, with
this difference, that it has fringes to the fleeves, and it is trimmed below with the fkin of
ablack dog. ‘Vhe furred garments which the-Lapland women make to fell to perfons
of honourable condition, are made froin the fkins of young rein-deer, of a grey colour,
and are open at the bofom and on each fide, with fleeves ornamented with fringes from
the fkins of otters. A high collar is tacked to them, fringed alfo with the otter’s fkin.
At the bottom is conftantly a border, the hem of which isa very narrow felvedge of black
dog fkin ornamented, On each fide of the lower border is feen a fillet, in the form of
a wedge. But it is to be noticed, that each border of cloth before the breaft, about the
neck, or in whatever part of the garment it is placed, is ornamented and diverfified with
twifted threads of tin, drawn in a variety of forms and figures, as the tafte of the pur-
chafer may require.
The men fometimes make ufe of leather gloves, called Rappukak. They are moft
ufually made from the fkin that is ftripped from the feet of the young rein-deer, the
fhaggy part being turned outfide ; and forthe better defence againft the cold, they put
in them hay or long ftraw, called Sweinek. The Lapland women make up thefe gloves
for perfons of condition, which are made at the defire of the purchafer ; that the part of
the glove which covers the hand itfelf fhould be of the {kin from the feet of the rein-
deer, or of the black fox, with the hairy part put outfide. That the fleeve, which covers
the wrift, with part of the arm, fhould be finifhed with cloth, of variegated threads of
tin, and trimmed with otter’s fkin. There are among the Laplanders men as well as
women who have the cuftom of wearing bracelets of mountain-trap, which from a vain
fuperitition they ufe as a charm again{t pains of the joints.
The men never wear ftockings, but breeches or pantaloons, which fit the legs clofely
and compaétly, going from the hip to the ancles. Breeches of this fort are made from
cloth Badmel, or from the cloth Ker/ey, or from the dreffed leather of animals, or laftly
from the hide and the fkin from the feet of the rein-deer together. Thofe made from
coarfe cloth, Badmel, the Laplanders call Gagges- Bujak. Breeches made of cloth Ker/ey,
that they fhould laft longer, they ufually ftrengthen before the knees with a leather
guard. ‘Thofe made of dreffed leather are called Si/ekak, ufed principally on maritime
bufinefs. Thofe made up of hide and fkin taken from the feet of the rein-deer, are
called Kamas-Bufak. The upper part of thefe is made of hide alone, the lower com-
ing from the hip to the ancles, of the fkin from the feet of the rein-deer. Thefe are
ufually worn on journies by Iand, yet in fuch_a manner, that they may be drawn over
other breeches next to the body, made from cloth of Badmel, or others made of coarfe
cloth. sida e
The Laplanders fix but one fole to their fhoes; and the fhoes of fome men are fo
made, as to confift of the hide taken from the {kull of the rein-deer for a fole, and that
which comes from the feet of this animal for the upper-leather and latchets. The fhoe
of this kind is called Gal/okak, covered over with hair, and yery much in ufe among the
mountaineers. And as thefe fhoes are on every fide thaggy, it is plain that they are
{mooth and flippery ; and for this reafon the ends of the hair on fhoes which boys wear
are finged, left, walking on the ice with a tottering {tep, they may to their danger tumble
VOL. 1. 2a down,
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