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TLATE I.
A LAPLANDER.
THE country, inhabited by this racc of people, lies in a very high
nortliern latitude, and has but a scanty population.' The inhabitants
derive their subsistence from pasturage, from hunting, and from
fishing. Those, who are chiefly fishermen, live upon the borders, or in
the neighbourhood, of lakes; at least, during the summer months: but
in the vs'inter, when they are unable to fish, they retire to the
mountains and forests for the purpose of hunting. They all possess a
flock, or herd, of the rein-deer, which both afford them food, and are
employed in drawing their sledges.
The Laplanders are, in general, of a moderate stature, flat-faced,
but with rather high cheek-bones; their ej-es are not prominent, their
beard is thin, their hair in general dark brown, and tlieir complexion
a yellowish brown, arising from their great exposure to the air abroad,
and to the smoke in their cabins. They make use of no linen in their
dress: the men wear tight trowsers or pantaloons, that reach down to
their shoes: these last are made of untanned leather, and are pointed
and turned up at the toe. Their jackets are also made quite close, but
open on the breast; and their outward garment, or coat, has tight
sleeves and flaps, which reach to the knee; they fasten their coat with
a girdle, ornamented with pieces of tin and copper of a yellow colour;
from this girdle they suspend their knives, their implements for procuring
fire, and their pipes, &c. for smoking. The difliiirent parts of
their dress are made with skins and woollen cloth, ornamented witli
copper and tin; but the cloth is always bordered with some skin.
Their caps are high, and pointed; and the four seams are covered witli
cloth of a different colour from the cap itself.
This Plate is the portrait of a man \\ ith his fish in one hand and his
nets in. the other.
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