Mountain adventures in various parts of the world . They didas we desired, but not without very great difficulty,because the animals, not being accustomed to beshut up in the fold at that hour of the day, wereunwilling to be confined; and it was not till afterrepeated efforts that the Laplanders were able atlast, with the assistance of the dogs, to compel themto enter. We then had time to view them at ourleisure. These poor animals were lean, and of asad and melancholy appearance : their hair hungdown, and their excessive panting indicated howmuch they suffered at this season from heat;their s
Mountain adventures in various parts of the world . They didas we desired, but not without very great difficulty,because the animals, not being accustomed to beshut up in the fold at that hour of the day, wereunwilling to be confined; and it was not till afterrepeated efforts that the Laplanders were able atlast, with the assistance of the dogs, to compel themto enter. We then had time to view them at ourleisure. These poor animals were lean, and of asad and melancholy appearance : their hair hungdown, and their excessive panting indicated howmuch they suffered at this season from heat;their skins were pierced here and there, and ul-cerated by the mosquitoes, and the eggs of the fly,called in Lapponese henna, which tormented them inthe most cruel manner. I made a collection ofthose insects and their eggs, intending them aspresents for my entomological friends. As to themilk which we tasted, it is not so good at this timeas in winter. In summer it has always a kind ofstrong or wild taste, and too much of what theFrench call haut NOKTH CAPE. 187 Our guides advised us to return to the boats, andavail ourselves of the favorable breeze that hadsprung up for pursuing our voyage, and we tookleave of our Laplanders, whose only regret at ourdeparture seemed to be mortification at the re-moval of the brandy. We passed in our boat theWhaal-Sund, or Sound of Whales, which wasagitated at the same time by the current that sets inhere very strong, and by the wind, which blew con-trary to the current. Whales resort to this strait ingreat numbers, and are, as we were told, very commonin all these seas. Although we were assured by ourmariners that they never passed this strait withoutseeing eight or ten whales, we were so unfortunate asnot to get a sight of one. We went on shore to thehouse of a merchant, situated on an island nearHavesund ; this was perhaps the most dismal habi-tation on the face of the earth. The whole landaround it did not produce one tree or shrub ; no, no
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