Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa . ave the same vagrant habits. VOL. V. U 0 «2« FROM TORNEA, TO THE MUONIO RIVER. chap. ix. served at once as a fire-place and as a part of the fuel. y Over the sloping poles they spread a cloth of their own manufacture; and for a carpet, cover the earth with the boughs of evergreen firs. Afterwards, during our progress, we saw several of these sheds, and they were all alike. Two boats passed us, descending the river, with iron ore. Presently we landed again to walk, while the boats were dragged up the cataract, called Lappea by the Firms,
Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa . ave the same vagrant habits. VOL. V. U 0 «2« FROM TORNEA, TO THE MUONIO RIVER. chap. ix. served at once as a fire-place and as a part of the fuel. y Over the sloping poles they spread a cloth of their own manufacture; and for a carpet, cover the earth with the boughs of evergreen firs. Afterwards, during our progress, we saw several of these sheds, and they were all alike. Two boats passed us, descending the river, with iron ore. Presently we landed again to walk, while the boats were dragged up the cataract, called Lappea by the Firms, and Utmoiks-liosld by the Swedes. This cataract junction of the old boundary of Tornea Lapmark. Here the Muonio *udMuonio River falls into the Tornea; and they begin their united course with that clamour and agitation which very generally characterizes their progress towards the Gulph of Bothnia. (1) The. wigwams of the Cree or Knisteneaux Indians, in Hudsons Bay, are exactlyof the same form, and constructed precisely in the same Sketch of the Lapland Bed, without its Rein-deer Skins and Canopy. CHAP. X. FROM THE MOUTH OF THE MUONIO RIVER TO ITS SOURCE, TWO DEGREES AND A HALF BEYOND THE ARCTIC CIRCLE. appearance of the Tornea and Muonio, at their confluence—Iron-Worksq/Kangis—Nature of the Ore—Ofver-fors—Growth of Barley —Cleanliness of the People—Mosquitos—Dearth of Provisions—Trap—Kolare Island—ISeivs of a rich bed of Iron Ore—Fires kindledby the Natives— Insects—Huukis—Rapids—Jalo-koshi—Kihlangi—Diet of the Natives — Parkajoansuu — Midnight Sun—MuonionAlusta—Principal Cataract of the Muonio—Muonioniska—Theparly adopt the practice of tarring their bodies—Account of a LaplandPriest—Visit to the Tugurium of a wild Laplander—Description of itsappearance—Inmates—Savage propensity for Spirituous Liquors—Lapland Song—Comparison between the nomade and agriculturalTribes — Wild Laplanders Dairy —
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