asriw CHAPTER VIL
Pajfageonthe River Pepojovaivi-—Manner of Fifh'mg ufed by the
Laplanders—<-The Rfoer Pepojova'tvifarmingfever al Lakes., during
its Ceutfejiand emptying itfelf into the River Alien, near Kauto-
kèino— Jmmenfe Quantity o f Fifh in thofe Lakes*—Sport ò f Shooting
on the River—^Different Species of Birds— Some farther Character
i/iics o f the wandering Laplanders— Arrival at Rautokeino—
Schoolmafler o f this Place—Laplandi/h Singing— The Mujtc c f
tkts Country.
X X TH EN we embarked on the Pepojovaivi, we left the young
: woman, who was the daughter of one of our Laplanders,-
on the banks of the river. W e now proceeded with pur fix men, ’
which were in truth more than we had occafion for ; but thcy:
wpre defirpus individually to get fome money with very little
trouble. W e had two boats, with three Laplanders in each^-who'
had diilributed their offices in the following manner : one of them
rowed, another managed th e helm, and a third fcoopedJoutthe1
water th a t ,entered into the boat inceflantly. Inftcad of going
ilraight down theriyer, they made a turn without laying a word
to, us, in order to look a t fome nets which they had lpread a dayd
o r two before; mWe .perceived this; deviation^ when, in fte ad o f 1
j'la n ? following
following the courfe of the Pepojovaivi, they made up againft the
current of a fmall and fmooth river, which falls into the former.
They would give no farther account of this change in their movement,
than by faying that they were doing w h a t was right, and
that they would conduct us in good time to Kautokeino according
to our .defire, £ As we had not any tolerable maps- o f this part
of Lapland, and were totally unacquainted with the rivers or
lakes that we might have to pafs, we could not make any vigorous
oppofition to what, our guides intended, and therefore judged
it expedient to take no notice of w hat they did for fome time, but
wait and fee the rcfult of this new eircumftance. is I t was not long
before we difcovered that their object was to draw the nets and
carry off all the filh they could find. Thefe nets were torn in fo
many places, that the filhes might make their efcape with little
difficulty; but the quantity o f them, was fo great, th a t fome were
found in every part of the net that was entire. The manner of
fiihing in Lapland is th is : they have their nets ipread, and always
Handingiin the water; they repair to them and draw them in
whenever they want filh, which they dry in the air, and by the
heat o f the fun. Nature has; done every thing for thofe people ;
and in proportion to her profufe bounty is their abominable indolence
The fifhermen of the ifle of Kintafari were -very different
in their rhabits uand diipofitions thorn thofe:of PepcjpvaivL All ’
their apparatus for fiihing was in the moft excellent o rd e r: ' i heir
boats were found* their nets whole >amd faultielh/and‘they drew
them when they call them. B u t the Kintafari/fiiliers 'WOre’ not'
erratic