Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa . the Shetland Isles ; to which there is not the slightest resemblance in meat bearing the same name in England. And to heighten the luxury afforded by these viands, our feast was accompanied by the sound of the only musical instrument we had yet heard in all Lapland. Poets might have believed that Orpheus, in his long wanderings through the region of the Hyperboreans-, had left his Lyre among them ; for it was, in 439 chap. xn. (2) Solus Hyperboreas glaciesLustrabat. Vikg. Georg. IV. 440 FROM ENONTEKIS, chap. xii. in fact, the Lyre of th
Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa . the Shetland Isles ; to which there is not the slightest resemblance in meat bearing the same name in England. And to heighten the luxury afforded by these viands, our feast was accompanied by the sound of the only musical instrument we had yet heard in all Lapland. Poets might have believed that Orpheus, in his long wanderings through the region of the Hyperboreans-, had left his Lyre among them ; for it was, in 439 chap. xn. (2) Solus Hyperboreas glaciesLustrabat. Vikg. Georg. IV. 440 FROM ENONTEKIS, chap. xii. in fact, the Lyre of the antient Finns, with five strings,adapted to the five notes peculiar to all their music andpoetry. The strings were all of wire, and of the same form was that of an oblong shell, wider at one extremitythan the other ; but made of wood ; the strings being placedabove the convex surface, through which three holes wereperforated, in a straight line, beneath the strings, and rangedlongitudinally. It was eighteen inches in length, and of thisform:. The genuine Lapps are strangers to music; neither is thereany musical instrument known among them. Our Laplandinterpreter, in all his intercourse with Laplanders, hadnever seen any thing of the kind. He considered thisinstrument as a relic of the most antient customs ofthe country. The wife of our host said it had been in herfamily for many generations. When asked if she could playupon it, she answered in the affirmative ; adding, that hermother had taught her ; and that her daughter could playlikewise. We then desired to have a proof of her placed the instrument before her, upon the table, with its TO THE AUNIS AND KIEMI RIVERS. 44| its extremities towards her right and left, striking the chap. with the fingers of both hands at the same time, nearthe head of the Lyre. All her tunes were but variations ofthe same humdrum; which consisted of so few notes, thatwe could hardly give it the name of an air. For th
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