Zandan,. T u iiish ed as the A c t directs 8 A p ril ,180& ■ by J.Ma.wma.n,. B ookseller N *2 2 , T o u ltr if .
W e left this cabin to purfue our voyage ; but after proceeding
five or fix Engliih miles, we were obliged by the wind again to
land, when we determined to take advantage of this interval to
make an excurfion into the interior of the country, in order to try
.if we could meet with any thing remarkable, and particularly,
whether we could not get a fight o f fome wandering Laplanders
with their rein-deer and their tents. W e travelled feven or eight
Engliih miles on foot, and found here and there, amidft thoie
mountains, delicious fpots and vallies, enclofcd by hills that were
covered with birch and fome other trees. W e enjoyed the fhade,
and the frefhnefs of the brooks or rivulets th a t watered the vallies.
W e at lafl came to a mountain Laplander’s tent, and our curiofity
was fatisfied : this tent was o f a conical form, and. not lhaped as
tents are in general. They put together feveral pofts or beams
of wood, frelh cut down, flicking them with one end in the
ground, and making them meet at the top. Thefe beams they
covered all round with pieces of woollen cloth, which they fattened
to one another. The diameter of the tent we faw at the bate
was eight Engliih feet. In the middle was the fire, and around
the fire fat the Laplander’s wife, a boy, who was his fon, and
fome inholpitable and furly dogs, which never ceafed barking at
us all the time we remained near them. Fail by the tent was
eredted a ihed, confifling of five or fix flicks or polls, that were
fattened to one another near the top, in the fame manner as the
tent, and covered with fkins and pieces of cloth. Under this
canopy the Laplanders kept their povifions, which were cheefe
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