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ioo Of the Laplanders Weapons, is>c.
torn but by the Sides, that it might not hinder their Sliding, or wear out
with often ufing, which is not expreSSed in Frifius’s Pifture, this is direflly
in the middle, and ti’d to the hinder part of tfte leg, as you may fee in the
figure. That which is often in Olaus Magnus, and Set Sorth by Friftus, is a
meer fancy and figment of an Italian Painter, that could not understand
what theSe Shoes were, but by describing them like long wooden broags
turning up with a Sharp point before: which is very idle, becauSe the
foot goes into it at the hinder part, and agrees not with Olaus s other cuts;
for if the place of the foot were there, it could not endure fo great a weight
before it, or efifed that for which this Shoe was first invented ■• for they
must tread firm upon the Snow, which they could not do if all the weight
lay at one end; but when ’tis in the middle, that which is before and
behind will keep the foot from finking in.The way ofgoing in them is this:they
have in their hand a long ftaff, at the end of which is a large round piece of
wood fasten’d, to keep it from going deep in to the Snow, and with this they
thrust themfelves along very fwiftly.. This way of running they not only
ufe in plain and even, but in the must rugged grounds, and there is no Hill or
Rock fo steep,but with winding and turning they canat laftcome up to the
top, C which Pope Paul the Third could not believe ) and that which is a
greater Miracle will Slide down the steepest places without danger. Thefe
Shoes they cover with young Rain-deers skins, whofe haires in their
climbing run like brifles against the Snow, and keep them Srom going back.
Wormius Saies they were ccver’d with Sea Calf s skins, but I believe he talk’d
of thofe, that the Siafinni, or the Maritime people ufe. And this is the
first instrument of hunting, which they ufe as well in other bufineSFes in
winter time, for they can pafs no other way over the Snow, at which time
they can out run any wild beast. The other instrument they ufe is a Sledg,
which altho it is fit for any journy, they ufe it in hunting efpecially the
Rain-deer es, the defcription of which, becaufe ’tis fit for all manner of
carriages, I Shall defer to another place-
CHAP- XXI-
Of the Laplanders Handy craft-trades.
BE i i d E s hunting, which is the cheifest, they have many other
einploi-ments relating to their lives and fortunes, of which Cookery is the
tirlt: for whatever food they get by fiShing, fowling,or hunting,the mendrefs
and not the women. They therefore are quite ignorant of this Art, (which
♦he men are not very expert at) and never ufe it but upon ueceflity, and in
the abfence of men.
The fecond is the boat-makers, which they make of Pine or Deale boards,
not fasten’d with nails but fewd together with twigs, as among the ancients
with thongs, Olaus Magnus and Johannes Tomtits fayes with roots of trees,
but most commonly with Rain-deers nerves. When they launch thefe boats
they
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