Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa . h for all necessaries, tobacco, food, &c. Thecap of the men is made of black plush, having the form of theAsiatic fez : if worn by rich Laplanders, this cap is garnishedwith bands of coloured lace, gold, silver, &c. The cap ofthe females is of blue embroidered silk, covered with lace;beneath which the hair is entirely concealed. The femalefeatures are, in all, much alike : they resemble those of theChinese and Calmuchs ; their skin being of one uniform brightcopper colour. They are as greedy of brandy and tobacco asthe men. In fact, it
Travels in various countries of Europe, Asia and Africa . h for all necessaries, tobacco, food, &c. Thecap of the men is made of black plush, having the form of theAsiatic fez : if worn by rich Laplanders, this cap is garnishedwith bands of coloured lace, gold, silver, &c. The cap ofthe females is of blue embroidered silk, covered with lace;beneath which the hair is entirely concealed. The femalefeatures are, in all, much alike : they resemble those of theChinese and Calmuchs ; their skin being of one uniform brightcopper colour. They are as greedy of brandy and tobacco asthe men. In fact, it is a melancholy truth, but it will not bedisputed, that there is hardly any nation, however barbarousor refined, in which a propensity to seek forgetfulness of thepast, by means of some Lethean drug, or draught, may notbe observed. We were much pleased with seeing two ofthem in their ivinter habits. A young man and his wife,having their winter clothes in one of the store-houses nearthe church, put them on, and came to visit us in this dress. The.
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