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or machine, almost resembling a fiddle-case, made of the thick bark of a tree, so formed that it exactly contained the Babe who was fixed in it with a kind of brass chain, made so portable and light that the mother might easily carry it in one hand. This cradle, which is also sometimes made of a hollow piece of timber like a small boat, the Lapland women when they travel, tie with the child in it, to their back. The child is not covered with bed clothes, but with a soft and fine moss, over which they lay the tender skin of a young Rein-deer. When they rock the child they fasten the cradle with a rope to the top of the Hut, and tossing it from one side to the other, lull the child asleep. This Lapland family invited us to their tent and offered us their common, and only, fare which consists of deer’s milk, and cheese made of the same milk: occafionally they eat deer’s flesh, but have no kind of bread, We presented them in return for their civilities with some wine which they seemed to relish very much, but gave us to understand that Brandy would have been more acceptable.
The Laplanders are a strong featured people, low in stature
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