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110 THROUGH NORWAY WITII A KNAPSACK.
At tlie Oxfiord station is a capital example of a
terminal glacier moraine. It appears like an artificial pile
of stones set up to bear the flag-staff which is mounted
on its summit. Several Lapps, much better dressed
than those we saw at the encampment, were sitting
upon the moraine, awaiting the steam-packet, and two
of them came on board. During the day (Sunday)
several other Lapps came on board; they all seemed to
be dressed in Sunday clothes made of coarse woollen
material, gaily trimmed with red and bright yellow :
they wore overcoats and leggings of the same shape as
those at the camp. These Lapps were lionized
considerably, not only by the English passengers, but also by
several of the Norwegian passengers who came from the
south. They showed some signs of bashfulness at being
thus observed, and were even blushing with confusion
when their clothes were examined; this was probably
caused in a great measure by the fact that they wore
their very best clothes. The first timidity overcome,
they became more communicative, and showed us their
knives in wooden sheaths, which all of them wore
attached by a thong of reindeer skin round the waist.
They even submitted to be measured, blushing a good
deal, and laughing somewhat among themselves. The
sailors treated them with patronizing gentleness, patting
them on the cheeks and shoulders, and lifting them
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about like dolls ; at which they smiled good-humouredly,
and blushed a little. They appear to be the gentlest of
human beings, child-like in mind as well as in stature.
The height of the man we selected as a specimen was
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