A system of modern geography : for schools, academies, and families : designed to answer the twofold purpose of a correct guide to the student, and of a geographical reading book . Mode of Travelling in Lapland. The most valuable gift of nature to the people of these re-gions, is the reindeer. He is one of the most singular and use-ful animals in the world, and appears to have been formed onpurpose to serve man in this inhospitable climate. The fleshand the milk of tiiis animal are generally used by the inhabitantsfor food ; and his skin constitutes an important part of theirclothing. He serve
A system of modern geography : for schools, academies, and families : designed to answer the twofold purpose of a correct guide to the student, and of a geographical reading book . Mode of Travelling in Lapland. The most valuable gift of nature to the people of these re-gions, is the reindeer. He is one of the most singular and use-ful animals in the world, and appears to have been formed onpurpose to serve man in this inhospitable climate. The fleshand the milk of tiiis animal are generally used by the inhabitantsfor food ; and his skin constitutes an important part of theirclothing. He serves them, also, with wonderful alacrity andspeed in drawing their sledges. Harnessed to a sledge, he willtravel over the immense fields of ice and snow, at the rate of200 miles a day. In the mean time, he requires but scanty fare,. Tents, 4-c. in Lapland. 204 RUSSIA IN EUROPE. and can subsist upon leaves or moss, when grass is not to befound. The houses of the Laplanders are very low huts, in theform of tents, covered Avith turf or bark, with an opening at thetop for a chimney and a window. Kola, Veronez, Enare, andOpoden, are some of their villages. QUESTIONS. Where does Lapland lie ?? How is it bounded? What is the papulation? How isIt divided? How many square miles? Which part beloiifrs to Russia? Which toSweden? Which to Norway? What is said of the winters here? Of the day?Of tlie twilight, &c. ? Of the summer? Of the snow and ice? Of vegetation? Ofthe lands around the head of the fiulf of Bothnia? What is the general surface ofLapland? Describe the Laplanders. What benefits do the Laplanders derivefrom the reindeer? Describe the houses of the Laplanders. Mention some oftheir villases. RUSSIAN EMPIRE. The Russian empire embraces a greater extent of territorythan any other on the globe. Within its limit
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