. Letters from high latitudes : being some account of a voyage in 1856 in the schonner yacht "Foam" to Iceland . ion connected with it, which I am bound to was in the streets of Hammerfest that I first set eyes on aLaplander. Turning round the corner of one of the ill-builthouses, we suddenly ran over a diminutive little personagein a white woollen tunic, bordered with red and yellow stripes,green trousers, fastened round the ankles, and reindeer boots,curving up at the toes like Turkish slippers. On her head—for notwithstanding the trousers, she turned out to be a lady—was perched
. Letters from high latitudes : being some account of a voyage in 1856 in the schonner yacht "Foam" to Iceland . ion connected with it, which I am bound to was in the streets of Hammerfest that I first set eyes on aLaplander. Turning round the corner of one of the ill-builthouses, we suddenly ran over a diminutive little personagein a white woollen tunic, bordered with red and yellow stripes,green trousers, fastened round the ankles, and reindeer boots,curving up at the toes like Turkish slippers. On her head—for notwithstanding the trousers, she turned out to be a lady—was perched a gay parti-coloured cap, fitting close roundthe face, and running up at the back into an overarchingpeak of red cloth. Within this peak was crammed—as Iafterwards learnt—a piece of hollow wood, weighing abouta quarter of a pound, into which is fitted the wearers backhair; so that perhaps, after all, there does exist a more in-convenient coiffure than a Paris bonnet. Hardly had we taken off our hats, and bowed a thousandapologies for our unintentional rudeness to the fair inhabitant I I , \ ><. X.] A LAPP LADY. 153 of the green trousers, before a couple of Lapp gentlemenhove in sight. They were dressed pretty much like theircompanion, except that an ordinary red night-cap replacedthe queer helmet worn by the lady; and the knife andsporran fastened to their belts, instead of being suspendedin front as hers were, hung down against their hips. Their
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