N e a r th e ir h u ts th e m a ritim e L ap lan d e rs c o n ftru ft a receptacle
for hay, to w h ic h p u rpofe th e y fix th re e rows o f pofts in th e
g ro u n d , re fem b lin g th e th re e walls o f a houfe, w ith beams croffing
th em a t a c e rta in h e ig h t from th e g ro u n d . U p o n th efe tranfverfe
b e am s th e y place th e ir h ay, w h ic h th ey prefs d ow n as clofely as
poffible, b u t p rin cip ally w o rk it ro u n d th e u p rig h t po lls, th e tops
o f w h ic h rem a in vifible. T h u s th e re are le ft u n d e r th e hay tw o
em p ty fpaces, divided, as has b e en m en tio n ed , by th e rows o f polls,
an d te rm ed , in th e lan g u ag e o f th e co u n try , aike or lap. In th is
m a n n e r th e L ap lan d e rs prelerve th e ir hay th ro u g h th e w in te r,
ra in fcarcely ever fallin g d u rin g th a t feafon to do i t damag e, and
th e fnows affe&ing it b u t little o n th e outfide. I n th e fpaces b e n
e a th th is h a y lla ck th e L ap lan d e rs h a n g th e ir coats, an d Here
th e ir re in -d e e r Ik in s, th e ir pots, an d o th e r h o u feh o ld Huff. W h e n
th e ir Hock o f h ay is confirmed, th e y are u n d e r th e necelfity, in
o rder to pro cu re p ro v en d er, to c u t d ow n trees, an d ftrip th em o f
th e ir b a rk , w h ic h th e y .offer to th e ir c a ttle ; th e y likewife give
th em fmall b ranches to e a t. I t fom etime s hap p en s th a t th e fro tl
proves fo fevere, as to congeal th e fnow, an d p re v en t th e re in d
e er from fc rap in g i t away w ith th e ir feet, and th u s h in d e r th em
f rom com in g a t th e mofs, w h ic h is th e ir c h ie f fo o d : in th is cafe
th e L ap lan d e rs c u t d ow n large firs a n d o thers trees, in o rder to
ta k e o ff th e lichens and mofles g row in g o n th em . T h is oceafions
a .g re a t d e ftru ftio n and w a lte o f tim b e r. T h e y feed th e ir c a ttle
lik ew ife w ith roots, an d lom e tim e s prep are a p a rticu la r mefs on
w h ic h th e ir cows feed greedily. T h is is compofed o f th e head,
bones,
bones a n d en tra ils o f filh boiled, to g e th e r w ith llr aw , a n d th e
fucus, o r fe a-w e ed . T h e N o rw e g ia n peafants, o r N o rm a n s as
th e y are called, w h o in h a b it th e e aftern parts o f F inm a rk , fo d d e r
th e ir cows n o t o n ly w ith h ay , b u t w ith th e fame m ix tu re , o r w ith
fu c h lichens as are given to th e re in -d e er.
T h e w in te r te n t o f th e m o u n ta in L a p la n d e r differs b u t little
from th e h u t o f th e m a ritim e L a p la n d e r j u i l n ow d e ic rib ed , ex c
e p t th a t th e fame co n triv an c e w h ic h th e J a tte r uies for b o ilin g
his p o t is n o t employed by th e fo rm er. T h e m o u n ta in L ap lan d e r,
in cle arin g away th e fn ow to fo rm a g ro u n d floor for his te n t, raifes
w ith i t a c irc u la r wa ll, w h ic h furro u n d s th e h ab ita tio n . T h e poles
w h ic h fu p p o rt th e wo o llen co vering o f his t e n t , are fixed in th is
w a ll o f fn ow, an d a fm all b e am , croffing th e to p o f th e p rin c ip a l
poles, fu p p o rts th e iro n p o t-h o o k to w h ic h his k e ttle is h u n g .
T h e woollen c lo th w h ic h covers th e t e n t is in tw o pieces, jo in e d
to g e th e r b y wo o d en fk ew ers . T h e door o f th e t e n t is c u t in th e
ffiape o f a p y ram id , o u t o f w o o llen fluff, ex ten d ed by wo o d en
ftretch e rs. T h e ie ftre tch e rs fram e th e door, w h ic h is fa tten e d to
th e te n t only by a th o n g o f le a th e r a t th e to p o r p o in t o f th e p y ram
id . T h e fides o f th e door are jo in e d to fome flender poles o r
flick s, w h ic h c o n ftitu te th e tw o d o o r pofts. O n e fide o f th e door
is fa tten ed to e ith e r o f th e ie tw o pofts, acco rd in g as th e w in d
blows, fo as to p re v en t any o p en in g to th e in te rio r o f th e te n t,
w h ich m ig h t occafion a n increafe o f fm o k e . By th is m ean s th e
te n t c an be e n te red only on one fide, a n d on th a t alone w h ich is
oppofite to th e w in d .
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