millions o f thefe flies to the myriads already there, as their num bers
were continually increafmg in our paffage thither. I t was
impoffible to ftand a moment flitt ; every imftamt we were forced
to thruft our heads into the rnidft o f th e fmoke, or to leap over
the flame to rid ourfelves of our cruel perfeoutots.
W e drew our boat alhore, and walked about a mile into the
country to vifit the families of thefe two Lapland fifhers, who had
fixed their conftant habitation there. W e found fires every where
kept up : the pigs had their fire, the .CoWs had theirs ; there was
one in the itifide of the houfe-, and another without, clofe to the
•door. The Lapland houfes are not fo large as thofc of the Frn-
ian'ders. The door-way of the one we faw here was only four
feet high, fo th a t we found it fleceffaiy to fioop as we entered
W e had left our ten t behind us, fuppofmg we fliould find accommodation
to pafs the night w ith the Laplanders, and that it would
a t leaft be equally good as that we had met with amongft the
Finlanders; but we found ourfelves difappointed: however, we
were forced to put up with what convenience the people could
offer u s ; and therefore, when it was time to retire to reft, we
were accommodated with rein-deer ikins, laid over fmall birchen
twigs and leaves, which were ipread on the ground, in a fmall
apartment filled with fmoke. W e groped our way into our bedchamber,
becaufe the fmoke hindered us from feeing any light.
Some time after we had laid ourfelves down to fleep, I heard a
breathing, which feemed to proceed from a corner of the room,
and which we were unable to account for, as we fuppofed our-
F 2 felves