Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1857-05-02
A I D IN LAPLAND.

Baird Taylor in one of his las. letters in the q
New York Tribune gives the following account OF
his first drive with q rein deer. l.
Mr.. w. sent for his reindeer in the course of the {
morning. in order to give us a lesson in driving
After lunch, accordingly. we prepared ourselves
for the new sensation. | put on q pOesk OF lem
deer skin. and my fur-lined Russian boots. Lud
wig took a pulk also, to assist us in case of need
These pulks are shaped very much like n canoe
they are about five feet long. one foot 1eei, ard
eighteen inches wide, with n sharp bow ana n
square stern. You sit upright against the stern'
board, with your legs stretched out in the bottom.
The deo' IS harness consists only ola collar OF rein
deer skin around the neck, with a rope Mt the bot
tom, which passes under the boil between tholegs'
and is fastened to the bow Of the pulk. lie is
driven by q single rein, attached to the base of the
left horn, and passing over the back to the rlght
hand of the driver. who thrus's his thumb into a
loon at tho end, and takes several turns arouGd his
wrist. The rein is held rather slack, in order that
it may be thrown over to the right side when 1t
slips to the left. which it is very apt to do.
seated myself, took proper hold OF the rem
and awaited the signal to start. My deer was a
strong, swift animal, who had just shed his horns,
Ludwig set off first my deer gave n startling leap.
dashed around the corner of the house, and maze
down the hill. | tried to catch the breath when
had been lerked out of me, and 10 keep M balance,
as the pulk, swaying from side to side, bounded
over the snow. 1t was too late n swift present
Iiment of tae catastrophe flashed across my mind,
but | was powerless to avert II: IN ahotner sec
ond, | found myself rolling in the loose snow, with
the pulk bottom upward beside me. The deer,
who was attached to my arm, was slonal"R SUN
facing me, with an expression OF stupid surprlSei
(but no sympathy on as lace l S"' up shooA
myself, righted the pulk, and commenced again
of we went, Ike the wlnd' down the hiii' NE
snow lying IN my lace ana Ihhd'n9 me- Myl
pulk mHue frlnenu:uo n"Ps, G1u uI ~ o'"J
70 rue, uneirt q W. Iva aoon orcrhoad ~
49, ' LeaI Iu ond LIirdaJ md Win sn,,l srow.
dn;r,s ~ 49, nnolo,s sioarns and bosom, No
ann 100 ~ mJ 5000 hooano ;rstontlv q yh;to .olia
49, " Wy ~ C,co baaon IN ,;ns,a from ire snow.
h h"', It ~, lonkirr boct saw "a white n hoard
o" I IT, W" fssorn n dr;rt f'IIowad hn ,ma
IL Ivy " IL. ,h;.d sh,mrooL eo "'
W. - - r nosh star, norrnvIr m;ss;rc ,no,b.
Wv " as no deccnded Tho siono heioy the
- tn, roooh;na tho iovol Of tho Nnou;n 7
fon,S M d;ff.nltv in Ecening nv balance. and he.
na ~" - or;nv ,ho axercisr NV deer struck ont
1900 ~ J,,har, ord 600, wos o,ono nv Tho
frack In the rrnv Arctic twilight, gliding noise.
lesslv and swiftly over the snow, with the low huts
nf Munniniska iimly seen in tho distance before
me, I had NV first true experience of Lapland
travelling. It was delipbtfully novel and exhili-
rot;na thougbt nf "A froioo D and the song of
"Kulnasatz. nv reindeer =" and Bryant's "Artic
Lover and whatever else there is of Polar poetry
and n p rod my deer with shouts. and never once
Locked behind me until | had climbed the opposite
shore and reached the VILLAGE. Nv comnanions
were then nowhere to be seen. | waiteo some
time hefore thcv arrived. Brnisted's deer having
become fractious and run back with him TO the
house. His crimson face shone out from its white
frame of icy hair, as he shouted to me There is
nothing equal to this except riding behind Il right
whale when he drives to windward, with every
man trimming the boat, and the spray flying over
your bows %
We now turned nortbword tbrouoh the villnce.
ID aving around many sharn corne~s Int this found
Q com NJ rativelv eosv work. But for the snow
N Ind taken in. which now beqan to nell. 7 cot on
e finely IN snite of the fallinr flakes. which heat in
rs nnr faces Von Rnch in his ionrnev thrnpgh
s. r n,and in 1907 sneoks of Muonioni,k o no n oviL-
tie Lace with an inn where thew have silver snoons D
er W. stoned Mt n house which Mr. WolIev stated
10 he tho verv buildinp hut il nroyed n more
h recent structure on tho sito of the old inn The
t. noonle Looked at ma with curiosity on hearing we
vera American. Tbevknew the name of Amsrico
o. hnt did NOT seem 10 Know exactly where it was
er On Leaving the house. We had to descend the
or steen hank Of The rivor. nut ont NV feet r.
ed steady the nulk. and thereby plowed a cataract Of
he fine snow in to nv face, completely binding me