. American boys in the Arctics; a trip to the far north by a new path. z. S THE LAND OE THE MIDNIGHT SUN. 107 their primitive existence they had no Saratoga trunk or crocodile skinportmanteau, and when they were on the move, which was nearly all thetime, they packed the contents of the pantry, the wardrobe, and all theirhousehold furniture in the bosoms of their loose blouse waists. Great Scott! Considering all the incidents, it strikes me thosepeople must really be rather slim, Roy remarked, and the Lapps alllaughed again. Very soon they had an opportunity of seeing Lapps in abundance ;some o
. American boys in the Arctics; a trip to the far north by a new path. z. S THE LAND OE THE MIDNIGHT SUN. 107 their primitive existence they had no Saratoga trunk or crocodile skinportmanteau, and when they were on the move, which was nearly all thetime, they packed the contents of the pantry, the wardrobe, and all theirhousehold furniture in the bosoms of their loose blouse waists. Great Scott! Considering all the incidents, it strikes me thosepeople must really be rather slim, Roy remarked, and the Lapps alllaughed again. Very soon they had an opportunity of seeing Lapps in abundance ;some of them decided improvements upon the first samples. Some worethe storhatten, or large hat, and some the torghatten, or little hat,. THE TROMSO CATHEDRAL. which was really larger than the large hat. Aside from these, however,there seemed no system or fashion in their dress, but to get on as manypieces as they could. What perplexing work they must have dressing and undressing,said Roy. They do very little of that, replied the pilot, laughing scornfully,for the Norwegians all look down upon the Lapps. They simply puton one piece after another as it grows colder, and take off one afteranother as summer comes on. They eat and work and sleep just as yousee them. ioS THE LAND OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN. Thats all right, said Scott. What could you expect, Roy ? WhereNature sets the example, by only one day and night a year, of course thepeople dont dress and undress but once. Twould be agin Natur, as Aunt Sally used to say. Clambering over rocks andmoss they reached the valleywhere there was a summer set-tlement of Lapps, who followedthe reindeer when they camedown for six months of feedingon the moss. They live on reindeer, sai
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