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386 ACCOUNT OF DANISH LAPLAND BY LEEMS,
down. Some fhoes have foles from the fkin of the feal, the upper and other parts being
amade from dreffed leather, or fomething elfe of a foft pliant nature. There are fome
alfo made from the hide alone, yet in fuch a manner, that the foles are ofa leather
thicker than the other parts, and this kind is called Zhiazekak. In fome the foles are
of the undreffed hide of the cow, the hair being all outfide, the upper-leather and lat-
chet being either fronr tanned fkins, or foft pliant leather. ‘This third kind is very much
in ufe among the feafaring people. ‘The Laplanders faften their fhoes neither with but-
ton nor latchet, but putting them on, tie them round the calf of the leg with a thong of
Jeather, or a twifted cord. It isa cuftom among them to put in hay or bulrufhes te
their fhoes, that they may retain the warmth the better; and fince the breeches in ufe
among that nation do not come below the ancles, it follows that the reft of the foot
is thruft naked into the fhoes. “The ftraw too put in is placed about the fhoes, and at
evening when taken off, is taken out to be dried by the fire, that the moifture may be
taken out: in the morning, when they are to be put on, the ftraw is again put in, which
when worn out with long fervice is at laft reje€ted, and other ftraw, frefh and found,
put in its place.
The women make up boots for fale, which, at the will of the purchafer, are fo made
that the foles, the upper-leather, and latchets, taken from the hide, the feet of the rein-
deer, with the fhaggy fide turned outward; but the other parts, which cover the foles
of the feet, the hams, and knees, confift of cloth ornamented and diverfified with threads
of tin: they are faftened above the knee with a leather thong, on the end of which
hangs a fmall taflel made from fhort fhreds of cloth. Boots of this kind, which the
inhabitants call Sepokak, end in a crooked and fharpened beak.
The belts which the men gird themfelves with are leather, and fet with tin. From
the fore part is hung a purfe, refembling a little fatchel. In this purfe they put up
their tobacco, take it out in fmall parts, put it intheir mouth and chew it. On the
other fide is hung a variety of leather thongs, ornamented with tin, tin-taflels, keys, and
fuch things. ‘There is appended to the belt befides, a knife in a fheath, and a variety
of rings hanging by a leather thong. ‘The women make up thefe belts for fale out of
cloth, the outfide of which is ornamented with tin ; the inner is underlaid with leather.
The Cloathing of Women.
Tue Lapland women moft ufually wear linen caps, feldom woollen. The woollen
caps are made of kerfey, or fome fuch cloth, and confift of two pieces, one of which
reaching to the neck, covers the hinder part and crown of the head, the other part the
temples and the reft of it. Along the edge of the fewing, where thefe parts are joined,
a bandage of kerfey, or of yellow cloth, is placed. The loweft end of the cap is orna-
mented with a fillet of gold, or counterfeit filver, or fome other fhining bandage, or with
a ftrip of cloth of a different colour from the cap itfelf, which is bound round with rib-
bands, with gold or ‘counterfeit filver, which. make a very fhining appearance. I re-
member to have feen a poor woman with one that was bound with a*bandage made of
the drefled fkin of.a falmon, of a colour almoft white, in every other refpect like the
ribbands juft mentioned. The caps of linen do not differ from woollen but in the trim-
mings; .thefe being trimmed with ribbands and a bandage of cloth, whereas the linen
are ornamented with more elegant fringes. ;
The Lapland woman, before fhe puts on her cap, rolls ‘up a certain round ball on the
crown of the bead, and draws it together under the ball with a thong, by which fhe
gives an appearance to her head covering not unlike the women of Amager in Zeeland,
and of Opdal in Norway. ‘Concerning the hood, or that covering for the head which
ia women,
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