Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa . they had so long regarded with admiration. Upon quitting the church, we went to the inn. Thenews of our arrival had already collected a few of theinhabitants about this dwelling: and here, to our greatsatisfaction, we saw, for the first time, some of the Lap-landers in their native dresses. A Lapland woman, attractedby curiosity, came, with her husband and child, into theroom where we were getting some refreshment: and suchwas our delight upon seeing her, that, ugly as she was,we even ventured to kiss her; a liberty she did not atall se
Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa . they had so long regarded with admiration. Upon quitting the church, we went to the inn. Thenews of our arrival had already collected a few of theinhabitants about this dwelling: and here, to our greatsatisfaction, we saw, for the first time, some of the Lap-landers in their native dresses. A Lapland woman, attractedby curiosity, came, with her husband and child, into theroom where we were getting some refreshment: and suchwas our delight upon seeing her, that, ugly as she was,we even ventured to kiss her; a liberty she did not atall seem to approve. The singular machine in which shecarried her infant next attracted our notice. It was likea musical instrument, shaped like a fiddle-case, with strings ;but made of splinters, cloth, and rein-deer skin: the childbeing put into the case, and the strings protecting itsface from the pressure of the coverlid. All the inside ofit was lined with the hair of the rein-deer. Exactly suchportable cradles are used by the Tahtars, for conveying their. KAIT of a. ¥l!Ll!J ILAFI-ANU WOMAN and . TO TORNEA. <2()3 their infants; and it is borne among them, as among , when upon a journey, behind, upon theirshoulders. For her own dress, this woman had a sheep-skin ; the wool being worn on the inside next to herbody ; and the leather outwards, bound round her waistwith a blue sash. The man had a blue bonnet, with aloose grey surtout, bound also with a sash; and both ofthem wore the sort of buskins with which the Turks covertheir feet, and over which they wear slippers; but madeof coarser leather, and fastened round the small of theleg with a band and tassel. In their features they differedmuch from the Swedes; being round visaged, with widemouths and swarthy complexions; and remarkable for atimidity of manner, which we afterwards found to bestrongly characteristic of the Laplanders in general. There is no part of the world where geographical names Geographical
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