The Land of the Long Night
ooking Sleighs.-Different Varieties.-Lass
re I saw sleighs the like of which I had never seen before. To many of these
seven feet long and two and one-half feet in width at the end, which was the broadest part. The forward part of some was decked. They all had a strong leather ring to which the traces were fastened. They had holes pierced in their sides for strin
out of the farmhouses. These were Lapps, and they were dressed as I was. We saluted e
looking at our sleighs as if you
eighs before, and if these had been on the shores of a
The keel acts like a runner, and when the snow is well packed and crisp, the sides of the sleigh hardly tou
ng to another, "This kind is called a 'Lakkek.'" These were somewhat larger than the other, and had decks like a vessel, with
lver spoons, our prayer-book and psalm-book-everything that is precious. In them we also carry our pro
rd part of these was over-decked to about a third of the length, and covered with sealskin. The decked part was a sort of box or trunk to
he farmhouse with the Lapps and was welcomed by the Finlande
cannot go further without learning how to drive reindeer, for you must give up horses. The snow is too deep and we do not use dogs in our country. We wi
my things could be stored. The back was cushioned and covered with sealskin m
eindeer is, and lasso those I want to use, for I am going to teach
soon after we were out of sight of the house. After an hour's travel
xty reindeer that have been
o many of them look alike, in fact they would all look alike if it we
lied. "I could even tell
d heard that a shepherd kne
f the reindeer are shy, and do not come
efully towards two reindeer somewhat apart from the others. When they were near enough, some ten or fifteen yards from them, which is about the distance one can lasso with a chance of success, they stopped and threw their lassos over the ho
r and almost fell. In his efforts to get away the reindeer entangled his legs in the lasso and fell powerless
of precaution. When thus corded the reindeer move
for freedom, had only been used twice during the
issed the second reindeer, a splendid bull, on the first throw, the lasso falling on his back; but
to use all
e is thirteen years old. He is one of my favorites and has been often under harness. He does not go quite as fas
fs were particularly large. They are smaller than our own big elks, and looked very much like our caribou. The hair of the majori
nce and had to be pulled for a minute or so, and the wilder one was even less easy to mana
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