o v e rg row n w ith lh ag g y h a ir, lik e w ild beafts. O th e rs have given
th em b u t one e y e : b u t th e fe are fables w h ic h th o fe a u th o rs feem
to have b o rrow ed from H e ro d o tu s * and P lin y , a n d in n o w ay a p p
licable e ith e r to th e L ap lan d e rs, or any race o f people u p o n th e
face o f th e e a rth . O th e rs ag ain have alTerted, w ith a g re a te r app
earance o f t r u th a n d ju ftic e , th a t th e y h a d from n a tu re an offen-
iive fmell. I t m u f t in d eed be a ck n ow led g ed , th a t th e re is a c e rta
in u n fav o u ry ran k n e ls w h ic h a tte n d s th e L a p la n d e r, m o re th a n
is com m o n ly fo u n d w ith th e in h a b ita n ts o f o th e r c o u n tr ie s ; b u t
th is is n o t fo m u c h to b e im p u te d to his n a tu ra l tem p e ram e n t as
to his mo d e o f life, dw e llin g as h e does in a h u t o r te n t, in th e
m id lt o f a c o n ila n t fm o k e , a n d c lo th e d in a drels w h ic h has im bibed
q u a n titie s o f d irt, greafe, a n d tra in oil.
* The origin of this ftory of people overgrown with hair, who had but one
eye, like the Cyclops, is as old or older than the time when Herodotus wrote his
hiflory. He fpeaks of certain Cyclops called Anmafpi, inhabiting the northern
parts, who waged perpetual war with dragons or griffins, in pofieffion of mines of
gold. The notion of thefe Cyclops is fuppofed to have arifen from the interpretation
of the Scythian word anmafpos, which iignifies one eye. It has been
thought by fome that the Anmafpi were a Tartar nation, into whole country tire
Chinefe (whofe enlign is a dragon or griffin) made frequent inroads for the pur-
pofe of feeking for gold, which they carried away with them. As to the peculiarity
of the natives of Lapponia in refpeft to hairinefs, it has been fuppofed to
allude to their wearing furs in the winter for an outer garment. Herodotus like-
wife fpeaks of men who, at particular feafons, were changed into wolves. This
certainly had no other foundation than in the depraved fancies or impolitions of
forcerers, who pretend to a power of transforming themfelves into wolves, and
perhaps, to carry on the deception, difguifed themfelves in the (kins of thofe animals.
This belief has remained to later ages, and has left its name behind it,
being called werewolf, by the Germans wMrwolf, and by the French Uupgarou.-
T h e
T h e L ap lan d e rs are for th e m o d p a rt ih o r t in fta tu re , b u t th ey
poflefs a to le rab le ih a re o f bodily ilr e n g th . T h e y are c e rta in ly a
very h a rd y race o f people, a n d are able to und e rg o g re a t lab o u r,
a n d actually fu p p o rt th em felv e s u n d e r th e e x trao rd in a ry feverity o f
th e ir c lim a te w ith a 'w o n d e rfu l degree o f p a tien c e an d fo rtitu d e .
In p ro o f o f th is o u r miffionary m en tio n s th e in ftan c e o f a w om a n
w h o crofled m o u n ta in s o f ice a n d fn ow in th e m o n th o f D e c
em b e r, five days a fte r h e r delivery o f a ch ild , in o rd e r to a tte n d
th e prayers o f w h a t is com m o n ly c alled c h u rch in g . T h e m o u n ta
in L ap lan d e rs, a n d th o fe o f th e fe a-co ail, or th e m a ritim e L a p landers,
are eq u ally objects o f a dm ira tio n in th is re fp e il, th a t th e y
are able to b re a th e am id lt th e fu ffo ca tin g fm o k e o f th e ir te n ts an d
h u ts , w h e n th e o n ly a p e rtu re by w h ic h th e fm o k e c an pafs is
d o le d , in o rd e r to k e ep o u t th e w e a th e r ; an d as it has b e en ob -
ferved th a t th e L ap lan d e rs are by n a tu re a n d from h a b it able to
en d u re g re a t h a rd ih ip s, a n d lu fta in exceffive lab o u r w ith p a tien c e ,
fo it has b e en lo n g fince rem a rk ed , th a t th e m o ll fimp le m e d
ic am en ts, w h ic h elfewh e re are little e ile em ed , have fu fficien t
efficacy to re lto re th em to h e a lth , unlefs th e ir diforders are o f a
very v io len t n a tu re . T h is t r u th is e ila b liih ed b y lo n g experience,
a n d feems as if Pro v idence, in c om p en fa tio n for th e ir in ab ility to
p ro cu re ex trao rd in a ry affillance, p e rm itte d th e fame effe its to be
p ro d u c ed by th e m o ll com m o n means. T h e y l e t a h ig h value on
lpices, a n d no p re le n t is m o re a cceptable to a L a p la n d e r th a n th a t
w h ic h e ith e r confills o f to b ac co , pepper, g in g e r, a n d th e like, le t
th e q u a n tity be ever fo fmall.
V o l . II. X -They"