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448 ACCOUNT OF DANISH’ LAPLAND BY LEEMS.
The men are acquainted with the manufacture of cups, plates, of various kinds for
various ufes, fome of which contain a quarter ofa ton, ferving for the purpofe of keep-
ing the milk of rein-deer, from the wood of birch-knots, not unlike to the maple tree.
From the plates of horn which project from the end of the horns of the rein-deer they
form fpoons, from their own fancy, yet artificial enough. ‘The aforefaid plates, fome
more, fome lefs, contain a certain marrow of an afh-colour, thofe that contain the leaft
are the fmoorher, more beautiful and fitter for ufe. On utenfils of this kind, may be
feen, variety of forms, reprefentations of flowers of a dark colour, interfperfed, made
with charcoal, enchafed and inlaid. Thofe which are in comparifon of others, a little
more elegantly formed, and figured, are fometimes fent into cities to goldfmiths that
filver fpoons may be made to their form. :
They have acquired the art of fabricating the handles [of knives, artficially adorned
with tin, as.alfo the heads of fticks from the thicker part of the rein-deer’s horn. They
form oval cafes with great attention to neatnefs. Little flaggons are made from the
fmall roots of trees, or from thofe called Taeger, which they clofe together in a fingu-
lar manner. ‘The fhape of a big bellied veflel was ufually added to around flaggon
with a fhort neck, and ferved for keeping falt. They are fkilled fufficiently in the con-
{truction of fledges of various ufe and form, and diftinguifhed by various names, as
Giet-Kierres, Reido Kierres, Lok-Kierres, Pulke. On fledges, ‘fee Chapter X., on. the
machines of conveyance among the Laplanders. They get glue from the fkins of fifh,
by boiling efpecially that part which covers the head; they get it alfo from the horns
of the rein-deer, far more excellent than the former; the fkin lies boiling for along
time in hot water, from which when taken out, whatever remains thickened at the
bottom is made into glue.
They do not ufe tongs when forging iron, but in the place of them a certain wooden
inftrument called in Lapland Aafer. The Laplanders as well as the Norwegians, in-
habitants of Finmark,. called. by our countrymen, Nordmoend, buy Nordland boats,
yet fome of the Laplanders themfelves make them. as well for their own ufe, as for the
ufe of others. Thefe belong to the marine affairs.
Cuap. XV.—On the various Manners of the Laplanders.
THE Laplanders, from the time of Saxo, who flourifhed about the year 1190,
and therefore not as yet known by this name, for fix whole ages, called before that
time Skrit Fins, ufe various manners peculiar to themfelves.
It isa cuftom received among the eaftern nations, to prefent each other with gifts,
efpecially fuperiors. ‘lhe fame obtains among the Laplanders. For coming into the
prefence of the magiftrate, the clergyman, or conful, they each bring fomething with
them; a cheefe, a hare, a ptarmigan, falt or frefh water fifh, a killed lamb, venifon)
of rein-deer, the tongue of the fame, a round lump of butter, a quantity of down-feathers,
and other prefents of fuch nature. Neither is the gift received, without a due return ;
for they are prefented witha piece of tobacco, a glafs of water and honey,.a pot of beer,
a little pepper and ginger, and other little things at hand, and which we find to be
very acceptable to them. ‘The fame cuftom is to be found among the Ruffians, for on
their arrival in any place, they diftinguifh him, who is inany degree of dignity, and
whom they hold in honour, by a prefent which ufually confifts in brown bread. made
in acake, which is brought on a wooden trencher, coloured red, in:certain wooden:
fpoons, coloured with a refinous matter from the juniper tree, or gilt ornamrents, fome-
times in hen’s eggs, falt falmon, linen, and fuch like things,
That
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