Outing . ere in thesheltered clefts of the mountains as youapproach thefishing villages,and once in awhile a few gullsrise from thecrevice of a rockand fly alongnear the steam-er, with a wildscream that isquite as lone-some as thedreadful still-ness. Here fouror five cannonsare usually firedat intervals, togive an oppor-tunity of notic-ing the wonder-ful echoes ; andas these comethunderingback, from onemountain afteranother, it seemsalmost as thoughsome old Norsegod might ap-pear and launcha thunderbolt atthe venturesometourist invadinghis ice - boundfastnesses. In the earlymorning thesteamer
Outing . ere in thesheltered clefts of the mountains as youapproach thefishing villages,and once in awhile a few gullsrise from thecrevice of a rockand fly alongnear the steam-er, with a wildscream that isquite as lone-some as thedreadful still-ness. Here fouror five cannonsare usually firedat intervals, togive an oppor-tunity of notic-ing the wonder-ful echoes ; andas these comethunderingback, from onemountain afteranother, it seemsalmost as thoughsome old Norsegod might ap-pear and launcha thunderbolt atthe venturesometourist invadinghis ice - boundfastnesses. In the earlymorning thesteamer reachesTromso, a thriv-ing commercialtown of some sixthousand inhab-itants, on an island separated by a soundfrom the mainland. And after a hurriedbreakfast, all is busy excitement onboard, for at Tromso there is a Lappencampment to be visited, and everyone is eager for a first glimpse of thiscurious people. The boats are soonalongside, and in a few minutes there isan expectant crowd of tourists landed at. A MOUNTAIN LAPP the foot of a snowy mountain whichseems to stand guard over the little har-bor on the fjord, and about the base ofwhich, some few poor little woodenhouses are clustered. A twenty-five minutes walk is ratheran encouraging prospect as you standthere shivering, and the party startsforward through a bleak and desolate^ tract of land— so barren,so coldand cheerless-looking! Atlast, when ex-ercise is begin-ning to makeevery one feel alittle more com-fortable, on ahill straightahead, there ap-pear what seemlike a few bun-dles of stickscovered with acoarse whitecloth, and a doz-en or more queerlittle figuresrunning about,or squatting onthe ground,scarcely to bedistinguishedfrom the Esqui-mau dogs, near-ly as numerousas the figures. The encamp-ment of aboutforty or fiftyLapps consti-tutes one branchof the Tromsoencampment,which, as is thecase with all theLapp tribes nowin existence, isgiven permis-sion by theSwedish Government to make thesetemporary homes wherever th
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