T h e m o u n ta in L a p la n d e r u fu a lly p itch e s his te n t in th e woods,
and goes o u t every d ay, ex cep t Sundays an d holidays, in fearch o f
fuel. H a v in g c u t d ow n a tre e , he drags it h im fe lf to th e door o f
his te n t, w h e re h e lops o ff th e branches, an d prepares th e larg e r
lim b s for his fire, h a v in g ere&ed a m a ch in e fo r th a t purpofe, co n -
fifting o f a tranfverfe b e am laid u p o n tw o u p rig h t polls. W h e n
he prepares to lig h t his fire, h e collects th e ig n ite d fu b itan ce s in a
piece o f b irch b a rk , co vering th em w ith dry leaves a n d fmall
twigs. T h e w o o d h e afte rwa rd s p u ts on, b e in g for th e m o il p a rt
g re en an d in c ru lle d w ith fn ow an d ice, as foon as lig h te d , fends
fo rth a th ic k fm o k e , w h ic h is ren d e red flill m o re in to le rab le by
th e u n p le a fan t v ap o u r em itte d from th e m o ifl wood. T h e whole
t e n t is fo r a tim e in v o lv ed in a p itc h y c lo u d , a n d all w h o rem a in
in it ru n th e rifk o f lofing th e ir e y e -fig h t. As th e flam e breaks
fo rth , th e fm o k e gradually decreafes, b u t th e u p p e r p a r t o f th e
t e n t is always filled w ith it, a n d i f th e w in d be h ig h , i t is driven
b a ck from th e a p e rtu re in te n d e d to le t i t o u t. W h e n th e m o u n ta
in L ap lan d e r goes to re fl, h e does n o t ex tin g u ifh hi*> fire, -which
ferves th e purpofe o f a lam p , an d affords h im as m u c h lig h t as he
has occafion for. A t a little diflan ce from his te n t, th e m o u n ta in
L a p la n d e r raifes a hovel, by laying a few beams acrofs fome p o lls
flu c k in th e g ro u n d , a n d covering th em w ith boughs. T h is ferves
h im as a flo re-h o u fe for his re in -d e ers’ fk in s, an d fpare utenfils.
T h e fum m e r te n t o f th e m o u n ta in L a p la n d e r refembles, in every
refpedt, th a t w h ic h he ufes in w in te r, excep t th a t th e co vering o f
it is o f canvafs c lo th , an d th a t i t has no fn ow w a ll, th e fnows
b e in g
b e in g a t th a t tim e every w h e re m e lted . T h e fm a ll t e n t w h ic h
th e m o u n ta in L a p la n d e r ufes w h e n h e h u n ts re in -d e e r, o r goes
a n y lo n g jo u rn e y , is o f coarfe canvafs, a n d c alled in his lan g u a g e ,
lawo. W h e n h e in te n d s ered lin g it, h e clears away th e fn ow till
h e comes to th e bare e a rth , o ver w h ic h h e fpreads fm all b ran ch e s
lo p t from th e trees n e a r h im , leav in g a ram p a rt o f fn ow o n every
fide. H e th e n cu ts d ow n a fu flic ien t n um b e r o f poles, w h ic h he
fixes in th e fn ow , m a k in g th em m e e t a t th e to p , b in d s th em to g
e th e r w ith a cord, a n d fallen s th em ro u n d his canvafs covering*
re fe rv in g a n o p e n in g for th e fm o k e . H is fire is m ad e o n th e
flones h e colledls, a n d i f h e w a n ts i t for th e p u rp o fe o f co o k in g ,
as w e ll as w a rm in g his fro zen limbs, h e fixes a p o t w h ic h h e has
b ro u g h t w ith h im for th a t p u rpofe. T h e m a ritim e L a p la n d e r
ufes a te n t o f a fim ilar k in d , w h e n h e is u p o n a fea voyage, in his
b o a t, an d h ap p en s to be d riv en o n fhore b y b a d w e a th e r. H e is
th e n forced to have recourfe to fu c h an ex p ed ien t, from th e c ir-
c um flan c e o f no h um a n h a b ita tio n s b e in g n e a r h im .
T h e m o u n ta in a n d m a ritim e L ap lan d e rs m ak e ufe o f fm all
fheds as receptacles for provifions an d h o u feh o ld f lu f f n o t in im m
ed ia te r e q u e f l: th e y are raifed o n logs o f wood a fin all h e ig h t
from th e g ro u n d . T h e m a ritim e L a p la n d e r places th em n e a r his
h u t ; th e m o u n ta in L ap lan d e r in th e woods, as is fu rth e r exp la in ed
in a fo llow in g fedtion, w h e re in th e miffionary tre a ts o f th e ir jo u r neys
by lan d . T h e m o u n ta in L a p la n d e r digs holes in th e e arth ,
w h ic h h e calls gedge-borra: th efe h e paves a t b o ttom w ith flones,
a n d he rein h e flores th e flefh o f th e re in -d e er.
V o l . II. A a H a v in g