lin e n o r c o tto n , w h ite o r p r in te d ; th e w h ite always fu rn ifh ed w ith
a fringe o r border.
T h e w om e n o f R uffian L ap la n d we ar filver e ar-rings, an d fom e-
tim e s filver collars, w h ic h go ro u n d th e ir necks, an d are connedled
w ith th e rings in th e ir ears. T h e r e is fo fmall a difference b e tw ix t
th e male a n d fema le drefs in L a p la n d , th a t th e good miffionary
tells us, h e has freq u en tly k n ow n m a n a n d w ife ch an g e h ab its
th ro u g h m iftak e , th e m a n p u ttin g o n th e w om a n ’s, a n d th e w o m
a n th e m a n ’s clothes.
T h e dreffes lb fully defcribed, o f c lo th , furs, an d {kins, th e
gloves, ffioes, an d o th e r a rticles, i t m u ff be obferved, are th e foie
lab o u r o f t h e w om en , th e m e n in L a p la n d u n d e rta k in g th e oeco-
n om y o f th e hou fe , in co o k in g , a n d o th e r m a tte rs , w h ic h in
o th e r co u n tries are p e rform ed b y w om e n ; differing in th is from
th e re ft o f th e world. Several utenfils o f wo o d are alfo m ad e by
th e w om en ; a n d th e b e ft fculp tu res o f L a p la n d are th e w o rkm a n -
Ih ip o f th e female fex.
S E C T IO N V I.
Of the Habitations of the Laplanders, and their domejlic Arrangements.
•r | 'N IE h u ts o f th e m a ritim e L ap lan d e rs, or thofe w h o dw e ll o n
th e coaft, are called laume guatte, a n d are c o n ltru d ted w ith
fo u r p o lls b e n t to g e th e r in a n oval fo rm , w ith a fm all door, a n d
a n o p en in g in th e ro o f to le t o u t th e fin o k e . T h e ro o f o f th e fe
h u ts is fo rm ed w ith th e b a rk o f th e b irc h -tre e a n d fods o f e a rth .
T o e n te r th em it is neceffary to ftoop a lm o ft double, a n d w ith in
th e re is n o poffibility o f { lan d in g eredt, ex cep t p e rh ap s in th e
c en tre , w h e re th e fire is m ad e , w h ic h is exadtly u n d e r th e b e fo re m
e n tio n e d im o k e h o le . T o re tire even a ftep from th e fire-place
tow a rd s th e fide o f th e h u t is impoffible, u n lels th e body is q u ite
b e n t down. T h e family, h ow ev e r, are all fe ated ro u n d th e fides,
n o t m in d in g th e in co n v en ien c e o f {looping. T h e w h o le in n e r
fpace is covered w ith bo u g h s o f trees. In th e m id d le o f th e h u t
tw o piles o f ftones are raifed in a ru d e m a n n e r a t a n equal d is tan
c e , parallel to each o th e r, in a d ired lio n from th e d o o r to th e
oppofite en d o f th e h u t : this is for th e fire-place ; a t th e fo u r ex trem
e corners o f w h ic h are fixed as m an y p o lls : th e le polls ferve
to fu p p o rt a fram e , o n w h ic h p ro jedting pieces o f wood are fa ft-
Z 2 - en ed ,